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BRIEF REPORT
Year : 2007  |  Volume : 55  |  Issue : 5  |  Page : 374-375

Bilateral Pseudomonas aeruginosa endophthalmitis following bilateral simultaneous cataract surgery


Eye Research Center, Rassoul Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Correspondence Address:
Mohsen Bahmani Kashkouli
Eye Department, Rassoul Akram Hospital, Sattarkhan-Niayesh Street, Tehran 14455-364
Iran
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DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.33825

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A bilateral simultaneous cataract surgery (BSCS) was performed on a 67-year-old man. The surgeon had not changed the surgical settings in between the two procedures for the two eyes. The patient developed fulminant bilateral endophthalmitis a day following the BSCS. Intravitreal culture grew Pseudomonas aeruginosa . The source of infection was not found. Immediate bilateral vitrectomy and intravitreal, subconjunctival, topical and systemic antibiotic did not save the eyes. Patient ended up with bilateral visual loss.


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