Community-acquired bleb-related endophthalmitis caused by vancomycin-resistant enterococci.
METHODS
We report a case of community-acquired bleb-related endophthalmitis caused by vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in a 79-year-old woman.


CONCLUSIONS
VRE has usually been considered a nosocomial infection of immune-compromised patients, but ophthalmologists should be alert to the possibility of community-acquired eye infections caused by VRE, particularly in those countries with a high VRE community reservoir.
Tang
Chen-Wei
CW
Department of Ophthalmology, Shin Kong Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Cheng
Cheng-Kuo
CK
Lee
Tong-Sheng
TS
D000368:Aged; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D010400:Penicillin G / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000382:microbiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D014640:Vancomycin; D000667:Ampicillin; D010400:Penicillin G