Traumatic endophthalmitis caused by Staphylococcus gallinarum

Nand Kishore Tibra; Subhadra Jalali; Ashok Kumar Reddy; Raja Narayanan; Rupesh Agarwal

doi:10.1099/jmm.0.011551-0

Traumatic endophthalmitis caused by Staphylococcus gallinarum

J Med Microbiol. 2010 Mar;59(Pt 3):365-366. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.011551-0. Epub 2009 Nov 12.

Authors

Nand Kishore Tibra¹, Subhadra Jalali¹, Ashok Kumar Reddy², Raja Narayanan¹, Rupesh Agarwal¹

Affiliations

¹ Smt Kanuri Santhamma Retina Vitreous Centre, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.
² Jhaveri Microbiology Centre, Hyderabad Eye Research Foundation, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.

PMID: 19910485
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.011551-0

Abstract

Herein, we describe what we believe to be the first case of traumatic endophthalmitis caused by Staphylococcus gallinarum, following injury with an iron nail. The patient was successfully treated by vitrectomy and intravitreal injection of cefazolin and vancomycin.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Cefazolin / therapeutic use
Endophthalmitis / drug therapy
Endophthalmitis / microbiology*
Endophthalmitis / surgery
Humans
Male
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*
Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
Staphylococcal Infections / surgery
Staphylococcus / classification
Staphylococcus / isolation & purification*
Treatment Outcome
Vancomycin / therapeutic use
Vitrectomy
Wounds and Injuries / complications*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Vancomycin
Cefazolin