Late-onset Moraxella catarrhalis endophthalmitis after filtering surgery.
We describe a young man in whom endophthalmitis caused by Moraxella catarrhalis developed 5 years after glaucoma filtering surgery. The infection responded to treatment with broad-spectrum antibiotics, and 2 months after presentation the visual acuity had returned to 20/50. To our knowledge this is the first report of late-onset endophthalmitis due to M. catarrhalis complicating glaucoma filtering surgery.
Lipman
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Department of Ophthalmology, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612.
Deutsch
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D000328:Adult; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology*; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001936:Moraxella catarrhalis; D016870:Neisseriaceae Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014130:Trabeculectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014792:Visual Acuity