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Year : 2007 | Volume
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Bilateral Pseudomonas aeruginosa endophthalmitis following bilateral simultaneous cataract surgery
Mohsen Bahmani Kashkouli, Shabnam Salimi, Hossein Aghaee, Masood Naseripour
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
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None | Check |
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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