Acute post-traumatic endophthalmitis secondary to Bacillus pumilus/safensis.
Retin Cases Brief Rep
; 2022 Dec 07.
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PURPOSE: To report a case of post-traumatic endophthalmitis secondary to Bacillus pumilus/safensis. METHODS: Observational case report of a single patient. RESULTS: A 62-year-old man presented with a traumatic corneal laceration due to baling wire while working on a sheep farm. Appropriate corneal laceration repair with injection of intravitreal antibiotics (ceftazidime, clindamycin, and vancomycin) was performed. A single organism, identified as either Bacillus pumilus or Bacillus safensis, was isolated from the vitreous aspirate. A subsequent pars plana vitrectomy, pars plana lensectomy, anterior capsulotomy, and fluid air exchange was required due to severe inflammatory reaction from retained lens material, retinal edema, and vitreous opacities. Vision improved from hand motion to 20/60 at the three-month follow-up visit. CONCLUSION: We describe a case of acute post-traumatic endophthalmitis secondary to Bacillus pumilus/safensis.Précis: The authors describe a case of acute post-traumatic endophthalmitis secondary to Bacillus pumilus/safensis, which was successfully managed with intravitreal antibiotics, pars plana vitrectomy, pars plana lensectomy, anterior capsulotomy, and fluid air exchange.
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Retin Cases Brief Rep
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