title: Elizabethkingia Meningoseptica Engodenous Endophthalmitis - a case report.
abstract: Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is a nosocomial non-fermenting gram-negative bacillus that has an increasing prevalence in health care settings, especially in intensive care environments. While it has long been recognized as a rare but serious cause of neonatal meningitis and sepsis, its role as a cause of ocular pathology is not well-known. We report the first case of E. meningoseptica endogenous endophthalmitis caused by bacteraemia by the same organism. In view of its aggressiveness and virulence in the eye, and the high rate of misdiagnosis or missed diagnosis of endogenous endophthalmitis especially given its low incidence, we may wish to consider screening all cases of E. menigoseptica bloodstream infections for endophthalmitis in future, similar to how it has become routine to refer all patients with Klebsiella bacteraemia to ophthalmologists for screening for endophthalmitis in our local hospitals.
authors: Department of Ophthalmology, National University Health System, 1E Kent Ridge Road, NUHS Tower Block, Singapore, 119228 Singapore.
authors: Stephanie Ming
authors: SM
authors: Young
authors: Department of Ophthalmology, National University Health System, 1E Kent Ridge Road, NUHS Tower Block, Singapore, 119228 Singapore.
authors: Gopal
authors: G
authors: Lingam
authors: Department of Medicine, National University Health System, 1E Kent Ridge Road, NUHS Tower Block, Singapore, 119228 Singapore.
authors: Paul Anantharajah
authors: PA
authors: Tambyah
keywords: Elizabethkingia meningoseptica; Endogenous endophthalmitis; Infections of the eye