title: Ochrobactrum anthropi endophthalmitis after uncomplicated cataract surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To treat a case of Ochrobactrum anthropi endophthalmitis after uneventful cataract surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 66-year-old patient in good general health underwent uncomplicated cataract surgery in his right eye. Seven weeks later, pars plana vitrectomy with removal of the intraocular lens became necessary because of progressive low-grade endophthalmitis resistant to topical and systemic erythromycin, cephalosporins, aminoglycosides, and colistin.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Microbiologic examination of the vitreous biopsy, capsule, and anterior chamber fluid disclosed O. anthropi, a nonfermentative gram-negative bacillus sensitive to imipenem, amikacin, ciprofloxacin, and vancomycin.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ochrobactrum anthropi and its natural resistance against many antibiotics should be considered in the treatment of low-grade endophthalmitis after uneventful cataract surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Jonas
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Schönherr
authors.forename: G O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Naumann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000421:Alcaligenes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000382:microbiology; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000382:microbiology; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012086:Reoperation; D012826:Silicone Elastomers; D014821:Vitrectomy; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D012826:Silicone Elastomers; D002939:Ciprofloxacin