title: Ovadendron sulphureo-ochraceum endophthalmitis after cataract surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We examined an 82-year-old woman with delayed-onset endophthalmitis caused by an opportunistic pathogen, Ovadendron sulphureo-ochraceum.
  
  
  METHODS
  Tissue obtained during vitrectomy was cultured and examined by light and electron microscopy. An enucleation specimen was examined by light microscopy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patient had fungal endophthalmitis, with O. sulphureo-ochraceum present in the lens capsule. The eye developed a necrotizing scleritis secondary to O. sulphureo-ochraceum. The patient failed to respond to intravitreous, subconjunctival, and systemic amphotericin B, and the eye was enucleated.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this case of O. sulphureo-ochraceum as a human pathogen, the organism caused endophthalmitis after cataract extraction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Grossniklaus
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Capone
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Padhye
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Sekhon
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D015821:Eye Infections, Fungal / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000382:microbiology; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009181:Mycoses / Q000188:drug therapy; D014821:Vitrectomy; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000666:Amphotericin B