title: [Chronic endophthalmitis in pseudophakic patients caused by bacillus subtilis].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario Sant Joan (Reus), Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía, Universidad Rovira y Virgili, Spain. promero@grupsgs.com
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Romero Aroca
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Méndez Marín
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salvar Serra
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pujol Bajador
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ballester Basterdie
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001412:Bacillus subtilis; D002908:Chronic Disease; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged