title: Three cases of post-cataract surgery endophthalmitis due to Rhizobium (Agrobacterium) radiobacter.
abstract: We present three unrelated post-cataract surgery endophthalmitis cases caused by Rhizobium radiobacter, hospitalized in three different hospitals. Early diagnosis was obtained in two cases by bacterial DNA detection in vitreous samples. All patients recovered from infection, but pars plana vitrectomy was needed in two patients due to rapid clinical deterioration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, CHU Grenoble, Grenoble, France.
authors.forename: Viviane
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Moreau-Gaudry
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chiquet
authors.forename: Sandrine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boisset
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Croize
authors.forename: Yvonne
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Benito
authors.forename: Pierre Loïc
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Cornut
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bron
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vandenesch
authors.forename: Max
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maurin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016960:Agrobacterium tumefaciens; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S