title: Traumatic endophthalmitis caused by Nocardia kruczakiae in a patient with traumatic eye injury.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We describe a case of traumatic ocular endophthalmitis caused by Nocardia kruczakiae after vegetable trauma in an immunocompetent child.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 5-year-old boy suffered from a trauma with a palm tree leaflet. Two months later, he was diagnosed with traumatic infectious uveitis and intumescent cataract with anterior capsule rupture. Intensive treatment with systemic and topical vancomycin, ceftazidime and methylprednisolone began. After 1 month, he underwent phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation (IOL). After some episodes of reactivation, he was diagnosed with traumatic nocardial endophthalmitis from aqueous humour samples. Several operations and specific antibiotic therapy resolved the infection.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In cases of traumatic endophthalmitis and several recurrences, it is extremely useful to make an etiologic diagnosis in order to treat the patient with specific antibiotics.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Oftalmología Barraquer, Muntaner 314, 08021, Barcelona, Spain. rib@barraquer.com.|Institut universitari Barraquer, Barcelona, Spain. rib@barraquer.com.
authors.forename: Rafael Barraquer
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Compte
authors.affiliation: Centro de Oftalmología Barraquer, Muntaner 314, 08021, Barcelona, Spain. hernanophth@hotmail.com.|Institut universitari Barraquer, Barcelona, Spain. hernanophth@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Hernán
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Martínez-Osorio
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Bacteriología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain. gcarrasco@isciii.es.
authors.forename: Gema
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carrasco
authors.affiliation: Centro de Oftalmología Barraquer, Muntaner 314, 08021, Barcelona, Spain. bettylorente@gmail.com.|Institut universitari Barraquer, Barcelona, Spain. bettylorente@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Betty
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lorente
authors.affiliation: Centro de Oftalmología Barraquer, Muntaner 314, 08021, Barcelona, Spain. jelizalde@barraquer.com.|Institut universitari Barraquer, Barcelona, Spain. jelizalde@barraquer.com.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Elizalde
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Bacteriología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain. svaldezate@isciii.es.
authors.forename: Sylvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Valdezate
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oftalmología, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario, Ourense, Spain. rlorenteoftal@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ramón
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lorente
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oftalmología, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario, Ourense, Spain. it.emilio@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Iglesias
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Bacteriología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain. jasaez@isciii.es.
authors.forename: Juan Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Saez-Nieto
keywords: Bacterial endophthalmitis; Multi-targeted identification; Nocardia kruczakiae