RT - Journal
TY - JOUR
A1 - Hsu, Chih-Kang
A1 - Chang, Yun-Hsiang
A1 - Chen, Jiann-Torng
T1 - Scleral buckle infection with Alcaligenes xylosoxidans
YR - 2014/6/1
JF - Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
JO - Indian J Ophthalmol
SP - 739
OP - 741
VO - 62
IS - 6
UL - https://journals.lww.com/ijo/pages/default.aspx/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2014;volume=62;issue=6;spage=739;epage=741;aulast=Hsu;t=5
DO - 10.4103/0301-4738.136266
N2 - We describe a rare case of extraocular inflammation secondary to scleral buckle infection with Alcaligenes xylosoxidans. A 60-year-old female with a history of retinal detachment repair with open-book technique of scleral buckling presented with purulent discharge and irritation in the right eye that had begun 4 weeks earlier and had been treated ineffectively at another hospital. Conjunctival erosion with exposure of the scleral buckle was noted. The scleral buckle was removed and cultured. The explanted material grew gram-negative rod later identified as A. xylosoxidans. On the basis of the susceptibility test results, the patient was treated by subconjunctival injection and fortified topical ceftazidime. After 4 weeks of treatment, the infection resolved.
ER -