Vancomycin-resistant enterococcal endophthalmitis.

V ancomycin-sensitive enterococcal acute endophthalmitis has been reported following cataract extraction, penetrating keratoplasty, trabeculectomy, and pupilloplasty. However, vancomycinresistant enterococcal (VRE) endophthalmitis has been described in only 3 patients to date: an immunocompromised, hospitalized patient with underlying bacteremia, an immunocompetent patient following keratoplasty with infected donor tissue, and an immunocompetent patient 20 years following trabeculectomy. We report the first case, to our knowledge, of postcataract VRE endophthalmitis.