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R. Forster (1978)
Etiology and diagnosis of bacterial postoperative endophthalmitis.Ophthalmology, 85 4
S. Mandelbaum, R. Forster, H. Gelender, W. Culbertson (1985)
Late onset endophthalmitis associated with filtering blebs.Ophthalmology, 92 7
V. Sutter, S. Finegold (1970)
HAEMOPHILUS APHROPHILUS INFECTIONS: CLINICAL AND BACTERIOLOGIC STUDIESAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 174
Finegold SM Sutter VL (1970)
Haemophilus aphrophilus infectionsAnn N Y Acad Sci, 174
Abstract Haemophilus is an extremely rare cause of endophthalmitis in the immediate postoperative period, but it is a well-established causative agent of late-onset endophthalmitis associated with either intentional or inadvertent filtering blebs.1,2 To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of endophthalmitis due to Haemophilus aphrophilus in a patient with an inadvertent bleb following cataract extraction. Report of a Case. —A 51-year-old white man presented with a 5-day history of a red, painful right eye associated with decreased visual acuity of approximately 48 hours' duration. His ocular history was significant for an uneventful extracapsular cataract extraction in the right eye with a posterior chamber intraocular lens placement 2 years earlier. He denied any recent history of fever, chills, local eye trauma, cardiac valvular disease, recent sinusitis, or oral soft-tissue infections.Visual acuity was light perception in the right eye and 20/20 OS. There was no evidence of an afferent References 1. Mandelbaum S, Forster RK. Late onset endophthalmitis associated with filtering blebs . Ophthalmology . 1985;92:964-972.Crossref 2. Forster RK. Etiology and diagnosis of bacterial postoperative endophthalmitis . Ophthalmology . 1978;85:320-340.Crossref 3. Sutter VL, Finegold SM. Haemophilus aphrophilus infections . Ann N Y Acad Sci . 1970;174:468-487.Crossref
Archives of Ophthalmology – American Medical Association
Published: May 1, 1991
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