Nadyr P Damasceno1, Soraya A Horowitz1, Eduardo F Damasceno2. 1. a Hospital Naval Marcilio Dias , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil and. 2. b Department of Ophthalmology School of Medicine - Universidade Federal Fluminense , Niteroi , Brazil.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The authors report a case of endophthalmitis after intravitreal injection of ranibizumab. METHODS: After searching for extensive laboratory tests to isolate the etiologic agent Results: The agent was determined as Leuconostoc mesenteroides, gram-positive cocci, vancomycin resistant. DISCUSSION: Considerations regarding this bacterium were done by calling attention to its rarity, difficulty of isolation, and action on secondary comorbidities as opportunistic pathogen.
PURPOSE: The authors report a case of endophthalmitis after intravitreal injection of ranibizumab. METHODS: After searching for extensive laboratory tests to isolate the etiologic agent Results: The agent was determined as Leuconostoc mesenteroides, gram-positive cocci, vancomycin resistant. DISCUSSION: Considerations regarding this bacterium were done by calling attention to its rarity, difficulty of isolation, and action on secondary comorbidities as opportunistic pathogen.
Authors: Nidhi Relhan; Thomas A Albini; Avinash Pathengay; Ajay E Kuriyan; Darlene Miller; Harry W Flynn Journal: Br J Ophthalmol Date: 2015-12-23 Impact factor: 4.638