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Abstract #18062 Published in IGR 9-2

Community-acquired bleb-related endophthalmitis caused by vancomycin-resistant enterococci

Tang CW; Cheng CK; Lee TS
Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology 2007; 42: 477-478


We report a case of community-acquired bleb-related endophthalmitis caused by vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in a 79-year-old woman.Comments: VRE has usually been considered a nosocomial infection of immune-compromised patients, but ophthalmologists should be alert to the possibility of community-acquired eye infections caused by VRE, particularly in those countries with a high VRE community reservoir.

Dr. C.W. Tang, Department of Ophthalmology, Shin Kong Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan


Classification:

12.8.11 Complications, endophthalmitis (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.8 Filtering surgery)



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