Vibrio parahaemolyticus endophthalmitis.
A healthy child developed V. parahaemolyticus endophthalmitis after receiving a perforating corneal injury while swimming in the Gulf of Mexico. Peculiar greenish anterior chamber and vitreous exudates were a striking feature of the infection. A history of ocular injury in a salt water environment should alert the clinician to the possibility of infection due to a marine Vibrio, and appropriate means should be employed for the isolation and identification of such organisms.
D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D002648:Child; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008712:Methicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014735:Vibrio Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014736:Vibrio parahaemolyticus / Q000302:isolation & purification
D005839:Gentamicins; D008712:Methicillin; D011241:Prednisone