title: Bacillus cereus panophthalmitis associated with injection drug use.
abstract: We report a case of rapidly progressive vision loss in a young woman with a history of injection drug use. Subsequent enucleation of the affected eye was done and Bacillus cereus grew on tissue culture. B. cereus is a rare cause of endogenous endophthalmitis due to hematogenous seeding of the vitreous in the setting of injection drug use.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, 1493 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address: nilaykumar83@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Nilay
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Neetika
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Nilesh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Van Wagoner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001409:Bacillus cereus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D055030:Drug Users; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D010202:Panophthalmitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*
keywords: Bacillus cereus; Endophthalmitis; Injection drug use; Panophthalmitis