Open AccessUnusual case of endophthalmitis: Case report and literature review
Author(s) -
Mohammed Al Abri,
Ahmed Al-Hinai,
Ammar Al-Farsi,
Nawal Al-Fadhil
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
oman journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 0974-7842
pISSN - 0974-620X
DOI - 10.4103/ojo.ojo_48_2018
Subject(s) - endophthalmitis , medicine , choroid , pathogen , ophthalmology , vitrectomy , surgery , retina , immunology , visual acuity , biology , neuroscience
Endophthalmitis is an inflammation of both the anterior and posterior chamber. It is diagnosed clinically and involvement of retina and choroid has been documented. (1) Endophthalmitis is classified into infectious and no-infectious categories. Furthermore, the infectious categoery is classified into endogenous and exogenous (Postoperative, Posttraumatic, Bleb associated) which can be caused by either bacterial or fungal infection. Blurry of vision and pain are main symptoms and coagulase negative organisms (gram positive) are main causative of exogenous endophthalmitis. (2) We report a rare case of delayed-onset postoperative endophthalmitis secondary to a rare causative pathogen.