Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
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Nobumichi Takahashi

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• Case Report
  Post-Operative Endophthalmitis Caused by the Nutritionally Variant Streptococcus Granulicatella adiacens
  Author(s): Daisuke Todokoro, Kiyofumi Mochizuki, Kiyofumi Ohkusu, Ryuichi Hosoya, Nobumichi Takahashi, and Shoji Kishi Daisuke Todokoro, Kiyofumi Mochizuki, Kiyofumi Ohkusu, Ryuichi Hosoya, Nobumichi Takahashi, and Shoji Kishi
  
  Objective: Bacterial endophthalmitis is among the most serious ocular infections. Nutritionally variant streptococci (NVS) are bacteria that are difficult to culture with standard media because of fastidious growth requirements. The cases of post-operative endophthalmitis caused by Granulicatella adiacens, one of the NVS were reported. Method: Case report and review of literature Results: In Case 1, a 77-year-old female, who had undergone repeated ocular surgeries including trabeculectomy in the left eye, had developed late-onset bleb-related endophthalmitis without bleb leakage. The best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) showed light perception. A vitrectomy was performed, following this procedure and topical, intravitreal and systemic antibiotics, the BCVA recovered to 18/20. In Case 2, an 85-year-old male.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9570.1000557

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