title: Corynebacterium minutissimum endophthalmitis: management with antibiotic irrigation of the capsular bag.
abstract: Chronic endophthalmitis, due to Corynebacterium minutissimum, developed in a patient following uncomplicated extracapsular cataract extraction and posterior chamber intraocular lens (PC-IOL) implantation. In this case, which to our knowledge is the first reported case of Corynebacterium minutissimum endophthalmitis, chronic inflammation persisted for 8 months with fluctuations in the inflammation. The specimens from the capsular bag yielded positive culture, but the vitreous culture was negative. The case was successfully treated by a capsular bag irrigation with vancomycin.
authors.affiliation: Ophthalmology Department, S.B. Ankara Hospital, Turkey.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Arsan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sizmaz
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Ozkan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Duman
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000382:microbiology; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008875:Middle Aged; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D014640:Vancomycin