Streptococcus pneumoniae endophthalmitis after exposed glaucoma drainage implant
A patient with juvenile glaucoma status post 2 glaucoma drainage implants in each eye presents with painful vision loss in the left eye and is found to have streptococcus pneumoniae endophthalmitis from an exposed inferior glaucoma drainage implant. The infection is managed medically with intravitre...
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| author | Dylann Fujimoto Philina Yee Stephanie Noh Kapil Mishra Sameh Mosaed |
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| description | A patient with juvenile glaucoma status post 2 glaucoma drainage implants in each eye presents with painful vision loss in the left eye and is found to have streptococcus pneumoniae endophthalmitis from an exposed inferior glaucoma drainage implant. The infection is managed medically with intravitreal antibiotics and surgically with a glaucoma drainage device revision, anterior chamber washout and pars plana vitrectomy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9d33f065a24a4be193f2fd086a0dda5f2025-08-20T01:57:56ZengElsevierAmerican Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports2451-99362024-12-013610217510.1016/j.ajoc.2024.102175Streptococcus pneumoniae endophthalmitis after exposed glaucoma drainage implantDylann Fujimoto0Philina Yee1Stephanie Noh2Kapil Mishra3Sameh Mosaed4Corresponding author.; Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, University of California, Irvine, United StatesGavin Herbert Eye Institute, University of California, Irvine, United StatesGavin Herbert Eye Institute, University of California, Irvine, United StatesGavin Herbert Eye Institute, University of California, Irvine, United StatesGavin Herbert Eye Institute, University of California, Irvine, United StatesA patient with juvenile glaucoma status post 2 glaucoma drainage implants in each eye presents with painful vision loss in the left eye and is found to have streptococcus pneumoniae endophthalmitis from an exposed inferior glaucoma drainage implant. The infection is managed medically with intravitreal antibiotics and surgically with a glaucoma drainage device revision, anterior chamber washout and pars plana vitrectomy.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451993624001853 |
| spellingShingle | Dylann Fujimoto Philina Yee Stephanie Noh Kapil Mishra Sameh Mosaed Streptococcus pneumoniae endophthalmitis after exposed glaucoma drainage implant American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports |
| title | Streptococcus pneumoniae endophthalmitis after exposed glaucoma drainage implant |
| title_full | Streptococcus pneumoniae endophthalmitis after exposed glaucoma drainage implant |
| title_fullStr | Streptococcus pneumoniae endophthalmitis after exposed glaucoma drainage implant |
| title_full_unstemmed | Streptococcus pneumoniae endophthalmitis after exposed glaucoma drainage implant |
| title_short | Streptococcus pneumoniae endophthalmitis after exposed glaucoma drainage implant |
| title_sort | streptococcus pneumoniae endophthalmitis after exposed glaucoma drainage implant |
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