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7426590

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-1-16
pubmed:abstractText
A 90-year-old man developed a hypopyon following cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation. The hypopyon cleared with topical corticosteroid therapy but recurred whenever the corticosteroid therapy was reduced. At surgery for the removal of the intraocular lens an opaque anterior vitreous membrane was excised. Cultures of the anterior vitreous grew Staphylococcus epidermidis. The diagnosis was further confirmed by the histology of the anterior vitreous membrane, which showed Gram-positive cocci in the macrophages and polymorphonuclear leucocytes. This case shows that corticosteroids may completely mask an endophthalmitis from an organism of low virulence such as Staphylococcus epidermidis. Endophthalmitis from an organism of low virulence should be considered in any case of persistent postoperative inflammation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0007-1161
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
64
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
684-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1980
pubmed:articleTitle
Staphylococcus epidermidis endophthalmitis following intraocular lens implantation.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Case Reports