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A Case Report of Endogenous Endophthalmitis in the Setting of Nocardia kroppenstedtii Infection. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina 2019 Jan 01;50(1):53-55

Date

01/15/2019

Pubmed ID

30640397

DOI

10.3928/23258160-20181212-09

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85059884322 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   5 Citations

Abstract

A woman with a past medical history of radiation and chemotherapy for multiple malignancies presented with bilateral, multifocal, elevated chorioretinal lesions associated with vitritis. The differential diagnosis included endogenous endophthalmitis and metastatic disease. Her extensive medical history and ill appearance at presentation in concert with vitritis and subretinal lesions was concerning for endogenous endophthalmitis. Although her vitreous sample was negative, her blood cultures were positive for Nocardia kropenstedtii and Nocardia farcinica. She was started on broad-spectrum antibiotic coverage but had brain lesions on presentation and ultimately passed away. This is the first reported case of Nocardia endophthalmitis in the setting of systemic N. kroppenstedtii infection. [Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2019;50:53-55.].

Author List

Venkat AG, Baynes K, Lowder CY, Srivastava SK, Sharma S

Author

Keith E. Baynes MD Chief, Associate Professor in the Radiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Diagnosis, Differential
Endophthalmitis
Eye Infections, Bacterial
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Nocardia
Nocardia Infections
Tomography, Optical Coherence