title: Bilateral endogenous Klebsiella pneumoniae endophthalmitis associated with meningitis-useful vision regained after treatment: case report.
abstract: Endogenous endophthalmitis is a rare but devastating complication of bacteremia. Klebsiella pneumoniae is reported to be the leading organism of endogenous endophthalmitis in Taiwan, and the prognosis of endogenous Klebsiella pneumoniae endophthalmitis is extremely poor. A 46-year-old male patient was hospitalized because of fever, chills, and consciousness disturbance for 1 day. Meningitis was the impression by clinical presentation and findings of cerebrospinal fluid analysis. Parenteral ceftriaxone (4 g/day) and gentamicin (180 mg/day) were given, and his consciousness gradually cleared. On hospital day 6, he complained of blurred vision in both eyes and floaters in the left eye for 1 day. After ophthalmic examination, bilateral endogenous endophthalmitis was diagnosed. After aggressive treatment with intravitreal antibiotics and trans pars plana vitrectomy, the visual outcome of both eyes was better than those of other reported cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Opthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014785:Vision, Ocular