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Detection of staphylococcus species by polymerase chain reaction in late‐onset endophthalmitis after cataract surgery and posterior capsulotomy
Author(s) -
Mochizuki Kiyofumi,
Murase Hiroki,
Sawada Akira,
Suzuki Takashi
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
clinical and experimental ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.3
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1442-9071
pISSN - 1442-6404
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01606.x
Subject(s) - medicine , endophthalmitis , capsulotomy , cataract surgery , ophthalmology , polymerase chain reaction , surgery , intraocular lens , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
A bstract We report a case of late‐onset endophthalmitis that developed 5 years after an uneventful phacoemulsification with implantation of a posterior chamber intraocular lens. Posterior capsulotomy was performed with by Nd:YAG laser 1 month after the cataract surgery. Polymerase chain reaction with agarose gel electrophoresis identified a Staphylococcus species in a sample from the aqueous humour. The endophthalmitis was responsive to medical therapy including antibiotic agents, and it resolved without any surgical intervention.