Endophthalmitis Caused by Kocuria Kristinae

Prashanth G. Iyer; Noy Ashkenazy; Stephanie J. Weiss; Darlene Miller; Harry W. Flynn

doi:10.1159/000521318

Endophthalmitis Caused by Kocuria Kristinae

Prashanth G. Iyer, Noy Ashkenazy, Stephanie J. Weiss, Darlene Miller, Harry W. Flynn

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Abstract

Kocuria is an anaerobic, Gram-positive bacterium, which has been rarely reported to cause endophthalmitis following cataract surgery, intravitreal injections, penetrating ocular trauma, and also secondary to endogenous sources. Visual prognosis is often guarded, with no previous cases reporting a final visual acuity better than 20/60. We describe a young female patient who developed culture-proven Kocuria kristinae endophthalmitis associated with a traumatic scleral rupture. Visual acuity at 2 months of follow-up improved from light perception to 20/50 after treatment with intravitreal antimicrobial therapy and pars plana vitrectomy.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	408-413
Number of pages	6
Journal	Case Reports in Ophthalmology
Volume	13
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000521318
State	Published - May 31 2022
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Endophthalmitis
Intravitreal antimicrobials
Kocuria
Kocuria kristinae
Ocular trauma
Pars plana vitrectomy

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Ophthalmology

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