title: Bilateral Pseudomonas aeruginosa endogenous endophthalmitis in an immune-competent patient with nosocomial urosepsis following abdominal surgery.
abstract: Endogenous endophthalmitis is a vision-threatening condition that results from hematogenous spread of infection to the eye, originating from a distant primary focus. It is considered as a rare entity that predominantly occurs in immune-compromised patients. We present a case of a critically ill immune-competent patient who underwent abdominal surgery later followed by nosocomial urosepsis complicated with bilateral Pseudomonas aeruginosa endogenous endophthalmitis that resulted in blindness. This case is clinically important because of the absence of predisposing factors for this kind of eye infection.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia. vesna.degoricija@zg.t-com.hr
authors.forename: Vesna
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Degoricija
authors.forename: Vedrana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Skerk
authors.forename: Zoran
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Vatavuk
authors.forename: Tamara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Knezević
authors.forename: Sinisa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sefer
authors.forename: Zeljko
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Vućicević
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*