Recurrent enterococcal endophthalmitis seeded by an intraocular lens biofilm
- 1 July 2011
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
- Vol. 37 (7), 1355-1359
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrs.2011.04.014
Abstract
A case of endophthalmitis following uneventful phacoemulsification and posterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in a 77-year-old diabetic man was culture-positive for Enterococcus faecalis. After successful treatment with intravitreal, topical, and systemic antibiotic agents, the infection seemed to clear and the patient achieved a corrected visual acuity of 20/25. Four months after the initial presentation, the patient again developed signs and symptoms of endophthalmitis, with regrowth of E faecalis. The antibiotic therapy was repeated. One month later, the IOL was removed surgically and found to harbor a biofilm of the strain demonstrated by DNA analysis. The microbiologic and DNA analyses support that a biofilm on an IOL could be a vector for a cause of recurrent endophthalmitis. Intraocular lens exchange in cases of postoperative endophthalmitis caused by E faecalis may be considered to decrease the risk for recurrent infection. Financial Disclosure: No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.Keywords
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