title: Mucormycosis endophthalmitis after cataract surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a rare case of Mucor endophthalmitis that occurred in well-controlled diabetes after cataract surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Interventional case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Description of case and review of literature.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mucor endophthalmitis may occur after cataract surgery and should be considered in the differential for patients with unresolving postoperative uveitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO 63104, USA. mohadjery@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Yasaman
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mohadjer
authors.forename: Morton E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Akduman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D015821:Eye Infections, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012233:Rhizopus / Q000302:isolation & purification*