Peptostreptococcal Endophthalmitis with a Relapsing Course

Gary I. Mason; Gholam A. Peyman; Lee M. Jampol; Robert C. Fletcher; Motilal Raichand

doi:10.1001/archopht.1978.03910060325005

Peptostreptococcal Endophthalmitis with a Relapsing Course

Gary I. Mason^*, Gholam A. Peyman, Lee M. Jampol, Robert C. Fletcher, Motilal Raichand

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Ophthalmology

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Abstract

A posttraumatic exogenous endophthalmitis developed that was due to Peptostreptococcus. This Gram-positive anaerobe was isolated in pure culture from vitreous. The endophthalmitis showed a bacteriologic and clinical relapse despite conventional routes of antimicrobial treatment. A second clinical relapse occurred despite apparent vitreal sterilization with intravitreal antibiotics. The response to vitrectomy was impressive, and postoperatively the patient's visual acuity improved to 20/20.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1813-1816
Number of pages	4
Journal	Archives of ophthalmology
Volume	96
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1978.03910060325005
State	Published - Oct 1978

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