Restoration of intraocular pressure after streptococcus endophthalmitis with vitrectomy

Ophthalmic Surg. 1994 Feb;25(2):110-1.

Abstract

A bleb infection and subsequent endophthalmitis developed in the left eye of a 68-year-old man who had had a trabeculectomy. Vitreous injections of vancomycin and gentamicin were given, and vitreous cultures grew alpha-Streptococcus. Postoperatively, as the intraocular inflammation resolved, intraocular pressure (IOP) markedly decreased secondary, in our judgment, to ciliary body ischemia. A pars plana vitrectomy relieved the tractional bands and restored the IOP.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Endophthalmitis / complications*
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial / complications*
  • Glaucoma, Open-Angle / surgery
  • Humans
  • Intraocular Pressure*
  • Male
  • Ocular Hypotension / etiology
  • Ocular Hypotension / surgery*
  • Streptococcal Infections / complications*
  • Trabeculectomy / adverse effects
  • Vitrectomy / methods*