Pasteurella multocida endophthalmitis after a cat bite.
We treated a patient with Pasteurella multocida endophthalmitis associated with a retinal detachment resulting from a cat bite. To our knowledge, endophthalmitis from an animal bite has not been described previously. Organisms were directly inoculated from a perforated wound through the globe. The patient was vigorously treated with intensive systemic antimicrobial chemotherapy and pars plana vitrectomy. The inflammation subsided after repeated vitrectomies. A subsequent retinal detachment was treated with fluid-gas exchange and 360 scleral buckling with a silicone implant. Eight months after surgery the visual acuity was 40/200.
D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications*; D002415:Cats; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology