Korean J Ophthalmol.  2002 Jun;16(1):59-61. 10.3341/kjo.2002.16.1.59.

A case of streptococcus pyogenes endophthalmitis following cataract surgery

• Kim YH
• Uh Y
• Lee SJ
• Song WS

• KMID: 754322
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3341/kjo.2002.16.1.59

Abstract

A small number of cases of bacterial endophthalmitis due to Streptococcus pyogenes, a Gram positive organism, have previously been reported. In this case, rapidly progressive Streptococcus pyogenes endophthalmitis was developed five years after cataract surgery which had been. The previous cataract surgery was combined with intraocular lens implantation by trans-scleral suspension technique. Treatment included enucleation and intravenous antibiotic injection. In this case of delayed Streptococcus pyogenes endophthalmitis after extracapsular cataract extraction. It seems probable that progressive erosion of the suture material resulted in exogenous endophthalmitis.

Keyword

endophthalmitis; Streptococcus pyogenes

MeSH Terms

Aged
Antibiotics, Combined/therapeutic use
Case Report
Cataract Extraction/*adverse effects
Endophthalmitis/drug therapy/*microbiology
Eye Infections, Bacterial/drug therapy/*etiology
Female
Human
Lens Implantation, Intraocular/adverse effects
Streptococcal Infections/drug therapy/*etiology
Streptococcus pyogenes/*isolation & purification
Treatment Outcome
Vitreous Body/microbiology