Optic neuropathy caused by Propionibacterium acnes pachymeningitis

Ore-Ofe O Adesina; Brian C Stagg; Kathleen B Digre; Bradley J Katz; Edward P Quigley; Cheryl A Palmer; Judith E A Warner

doi:10.1097/WNO.0000000000000101

Optic neuropathy caused by Propionibacterium acnes pachymeningitis

J Neuroophthalmol. 2014 Sep;34(3):264-7. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000000101.

Authors

Ore-Ofe O Adesina¹, Brian C Stagg, Kathleen B Digre, Bradley J Katz, Edward P Quigley, Cheryl A Palmer, Judith E A Warner

Affiliation

¹ Departments of Ophthalmology (O-OOA, BCS, KBD, BJK, JEAW), Radiology (EPQ), Pathology (CAP), and Neurology (KBD, BJK, JEAW), University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.

PMID: 24614085
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000000101

Abstract

We describe a patient with vision loss from an optic neuropathy caused by Propionibacterium acnes pachymeningitis. The patient's optic neuropathy was stabilized with appropriate antibiotic therapy.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Meningitis / complications*
Meningitis / microbiology*
Optic Nerve Diseases / diagnosis
Optic Nerve Diseases / etiology*
Propionibacterium acnes / pathogenicity*
Visual Field Tests
Visual Fields / physiology