[Chronic endophthalmitis in pseudophakic patients caused by bacillus subtilis].
OBJECTIVE
We present two cases of patients with chronic endophthalmitis. The treatment included intraocular lens exchange, total capsulectomy and posterior vitrectomy through the limbus. In both cases, samples of the vitreous were taken and sent to the laboratory together with the intraocular lens and remmants of posterior capsule for culture and antibiogram.


CONCLUSIONS
Microbiologic examination and culture were positive in two cases for Bacillus subtilis, which is not actually identified in literature as an etiologic agent for chronic endophthalmitis.
Romero Aroca
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Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario Sant Joan (Reus), Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía, Universidad Rovira y Virgili, Spain. promero@grupsgs.com
Méndez Marín
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I
Salvar Serra
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M
Pujol Bajador
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I
Ballester Basterdie
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F
D000368:Aged; D001412:Bacillus subtilis; D002908:Chronic Disease; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged