Rare cause of acute postoperative endophthalmitis: Gemella morbillorum
JCRS Online Case Reports, cilt.6, sa.3, ss.40-42, 2018 (Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 6 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2018
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.jcro.2018.02.003
- Dergi Adı: JCRS Online Case Reports
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.40-42
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
We report a case of Gemella morbillorum endophthalmitis after uneventful cataract surgery. A 73-year-old woman presented with a 2-day history of decreased vision, pain, redness, and eyelid swelling in the right eye. She had phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation to that eye 5 days previously. The corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) was uncertain light perception (LP) in the right eye and 20/30 in the left eye. A slitlamp examination shows conjunctival hyperemia, corneal lytic lesions in the upper corneal limbus, a semiopaque cornea with corneal edema, and 3+ cells and dense flare in the anterior chamber. The symptoms did not improve and 2 days after surgery, her CDVA decreased to no LP (NLP). One week after, G morbillorum grew in the specimens. To our knowledge, this is the first report of postoperative endophthalmitis caused by this species that did not respond to treatment and resulted in NLP.