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Case Reports
. 2004 Nov;30(11):2441-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.04.056.

Postoperative Corynebacterium macginleyi endophthalmitis

Consuelo Ferrer  1 , José M Ruiz-Moreno, Alejandra Rodríguez, Javier Montero, Jorge L Alió
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Postoperative Corynebacterium macginleyi endophthalmitis

Consuelo Ferrer et al. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2004 Nov.

Abstract

A 72-year-old man with chronic endophthalmitis who received steroid treatment for 3 months came to our center. Sterile endophthalmitis after cataract extraction had been diagnosed. Aqueous samples including smears, classic cultures, and polymerase chain reaction were taken for microbiological study. Amplified DNA was sequenced to identify the pathogen. Polymerase chain reaction amplification was positive for bacteria. Sequence analysis showed Corynebacterium macginleyi as the causal agent in 48 hours. The culture and smear stains from the ocular samples were negative. The patient was successfully treated with vancomycin. Polymerase chain reaction and subsequent DNA-typing were useful in detecting the microorganisms that caused the chronic endophthalmitis.

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