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Title: Elizabethkingia Meningoseptica Engodenous Endophthalmitis - A case report
Authors: Young, S.M
Lingam, G
Tambyah, P.A 
Keywords: amikacin
cefazolin
ciprofloxacin
clindamycin
cloxacillin
cotrimoxazole
heparin
insulin
levofloxacin
meropenem
minocycline
vancomycin
warfarin
aged
Article
bacteremia
case report
comorbidity
deep vein thrombosis
dyslipidemia
Elizabethkingia meningoseptica
end stage renal disease
endogenous endophthalmitis
endogenous endophthalmitis
endophthalmitis
fatty acid desaturation
female
Glasgow coma scale
hemodialysis
hospitalization
human
hypertension
ischemic heart disease
methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
neuroimaging
non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
osteoarthritis
priority journal
sepsis
septic shock
spondylosis
visual acuity
Issue Date: 2014
Citation: Young, S.M, Lingam, G, Tambyah, P.A (2014). Elizabethkingia Meningoseptica Engodenous Endophthalmitis - A case report. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 3 (1) : 35. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1186/2047-2994-3-35
Rights: Attribution 4.0 International
Abstract: Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is a nosocomial non-fermenting gram-negative bacillus that has an increasing prevalence in health care settings, especially in intensive care environments. While it has long been recognized as a rare but serious cause of neonatal meningitis and sepsis, its role as a cause of ocular pathology is not well-known. We report the first case of E. meningoseptica endogenous endophthalmitis caused by bacteraemia by the same organism. In view of its aggressiveness and virulence in the eye, and the high rate of misdiagnosis or missed diagnosis of endogenous endophthalmitis especially given its low incidence, we may wish to consider screening all cases of E. menigoseptica bloodstream infections for endophthalmitis in future, similar to how it has become routine to refer all patients with Klebsiella bacteraemia to ophthalmologists for screening for endophthalmitis in our local hospitals. © 2014 Young et al.
Source Title: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
URI: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/180374
ISSN: 20472994
DOI: 10.1186/2047-2994-3-35
Rights: Attribution 4.0 International
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