title: Klebsiella Endophthalmitis as Retinal Vasculitis with Prostatic Abscess.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe an unusual case of endogenous Klebsiella endophthalmitis associated with prostatic abscess in an immunocompetent patient.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 59-year-old previously healthy man presented with rapidly progressive retinal vasculitis in the left eye. He received an empirical antibiotic and antiviral agent intravenously followed by oral prednisolone until the etiology was identified; however, intraocular inflammation in the left eye continued to worsen, followed by the development of subretinal abscess in the contralateral eye. Finally, a diagnosis of endogenous Klebsiella endophthalmitis associated with prostatic abscess was made through a culture of the vitreous acquired by diagnostic vitrectomy. However, we could not save the vision of the left eye despite the intensive treatment with intravenous and intravitreal injections of antibiotics.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Rapidly progressive retinal vasculitis could be an initial sign of endogenous Klebsiella endophthalmitis even in an immunocompetent patient.
authors.affiliation: *MD †MD, PhD Department of Ophthalmology, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea (all authors).
authors.forename: Ki Won
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Eunbi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hakyoung
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: So Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Bae
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002442:Ceftazidime / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D058449:Intravitreal Injections; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D064704:Levofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011469:Prostatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D031300:Retinal Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D064704:Levofloxacin; D002442:Ceftazidime; D011239:Prednisolone