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Abstract #74831 Published in IGR 19-1
Baerveldt Scleral Patch Graft Abscess Secondary to Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus
Nguyen V; Schmutz M; Farukhi S; Mosaed SCase Reports in Ophthalmology 2017; 8: 521-526
We report the case of a 69-year-old female who underwent a Baerveldt implant placement for severe-stage primary open-angle glaucoma and developed a bacterial infection of the conjunctiva and abscess of the scleral patch graft with subsequent tube exposure. The infection was identified 3 weeks postoperatively and a topical antibiotic was immediately initiated. A concurrent systemic staphylococcal infection was discovered by an outside physician and oral cephalexin was initiated. Despite antibiotic treatment, the conjunctival erosion progressed, and tube revision was required. Culture of the abscess revealed coagulase-negative Staphylococcus. As alluded to above, the patient also had multiple abscesses on the skin that cultured positive for Staphylococcus aureus. To our knowledge, this is the first case in the literature of coagulase-negative Staphylococcus causing an early postoperative abscess of the scleral patch graft following glaucoma drainage device placement.
UCI Department of Internal Medicine, Orange, California, USA.
Full articleClassification:
12.8.11 Complications, endophthalmitis (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.8 Filtering surgery)
12.8.2 With tube implant or other drainage devices (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.8 Filtering surgery)
