J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.  1997 Nov;38(11):2064-2070.

Two Cases of Endogenous Endophthalmitis

• Lee SM
• Lee SH
• Choi YJ
• Kim IT

Abstract

Bacterial endophthalmitis remains an uncommon, but devastating complication of ocular surgery, trauma, and systemic infection. Most cases develop from an exegenous source and are introduced at the time of ocular surgery or penetrating trauma to the eye. Hematogenous spread of bacterial infection to the eye may also result in bacterial endophthalmitis. But, endogenous endophthalmitis caused by gram-negative bacteria in debilitated or immunocompromised patients and drug abusers has become well recognized in recent years. We report cases of endogenous Klebsiella pneumoniae endophthalmitis associatied with sepsis in a poor controlled diabetic patient and Streptocpccus pyogenes endophthalamitis associated with transurethral laser-induced prostatectomy of benign prostatic hypertrophy in a pneumonia patient.

Keyword

Endogenous endophthalmitis; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Streptococcus pyogenes

MeSH Terms

Bacterial Infections
Drug Users
Endophthalmitis*
Gram-Negative Bacteria
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Pneumonia
Prostatectomy
Prostatic Hyperplasia
Sepsis
Streptococcus pyogenes