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. 2014 Nov 26;3(1):35.
doi: 10.1186/2047-2994-3-35. eCollection 2014.

Elizabethkingia Meningoseptica Engodenous Endophthalmitis - a case report

Stephanie Ming Young  1 , Gopal Lingam  1 , Paul Anantharajah Tambyah  2
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Elizabethkingia Meningoseptica Engodenous Endophthalmitis - a case report

Stephanie Ming Young et al. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. .

Abstract

Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is a nosocomial non-fermenting gram-negative bacillus that has an increasing prevalence in health care settings, especially in intensive care environments. While it has long been recognized as a rare but serious cause of neonatal meningitis and sepsis, its role as a cause of ocular pathology is not well-known. We report the first case of E. meningoseptica endogenous endophthalmitis caused by bacteraemia by the same organism. In view of its aggressiveness and virulence in the eye, and the high rate of misdiagnosis or missed diagnosis of endogenous endophthalmitis especially given its low incidence, we may wish to consider screening all cases of E. menigoseptica bloodstream infections for endophthalmitis in future, similar to how it has become routine to refer all patients with Klebsiella bacteraemia to ophthalmologists for screening for endophthalmitis in our local hospitals.

Keywords: Elizabethkingia meningoseptica; Endogenous endophthalmitis; Infections of the eye.

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