title: [Endogenous serratia marcescens endophthalmitis diagnosis with PCR].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We report the case of a 75-year-old man with endogenous endophthalmitis in the left eye. Culture results were negative. PCR for several Gram-negative bacterias genome was performed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Polymerase chain reaction showed amplification of Serratia marcescens genome. Our case indicates that PCR can be a valuable tool in the diagnosis of culture negative endophthalmitis.
authors.affiliation: Hospital General, Medina del Campo, Valladolid, España.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Asensio Sánchez
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Pérez Flández
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gil Fernández
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016868:Serratia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D012706:Serratia marcescens / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial