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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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