title: Exogenous group G Streptococcus endophthalmitis following intravitreal ranibizumab injection.
abstract: We report a case of group G Streptococcus endophthalmitis following an intravitreal ranibizumab injection for a choroidal neovascular membrane. Pars plana vitrectomy was applied for endophthalmitis and group G Streptococcus cultures were isolated in the vitreous samples taken from the patient. Twenty-four hours following pars plana vitrectomy the patient underwent myocardial infarction and cardiac arrest. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of group G Streptococcus endophthalmitis following an intravitreal injection.
authors.affiliation: Lutfi Kırdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Eye Clinic, Istanbul.
authors.forename: Suleyman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kugu
authors.forename: Mehmet Sahin
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Sevim
authors.forename: Nilufer Zorlutuna
authors.initials: NZ
authors.lastname: Kaymak
authors.forename: Gurkan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Erdogan
authors.forename: Baran
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kandemir
authors.forename: Omer Kamil
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Dogan