title: Isolated group B streptococcal endogenous endophthalmitis simulating retinoblastoma or persistent fetal vasculature in a healthy full-term infant.
abstract: Group B streptococcus (GBS) is a potentially devastating neonatal pathogen that most commonly causes meningitis, sepsis, and pneumonia. It is also a very rare cause of endogenous endophthalmitis. We present the second case of endogenous endophthalmitis caused by GBS in a healthy newborn and the first case of endogenous endophthalmitis by GBS in a newborn mimicking retinoblastoma and resulting in enucleation.
authors.affiliation: Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Colorado-Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
authors.forename: Emily A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: McCourt
authors.forename: Eric M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Hink
authors.forename: Vikram D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Durairaj
authors.forename: Scott C N
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Oliver
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D033401:Microscopy, Acoustic; D010547:Persistent Fetal Circulation Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019572:Retinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012175:Retinoblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000302:isolation & purification*