Acute-onset postoperative endophthalmitis caused by multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumonia

Shekhar Sanghi; Avinash Pathengay; Animesh Jindal; Vishal Raval; Sameera Nayak; Savitri Sharma; Abhishek Bawdekar; Harry W Flynn

doi:10.2147/OPTH.S67894

Acute-onset postoperative endophthalmitis caused by multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumonia

Shekhar Sanghi, Avinash Pathengay, Animesh Jindal, Vishal Raval, Sameera Nayak, Savitri Sharma, Abhishek Bawdekar, Harry W Flynn

Ophthalmology

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to report outcomes of intravitreal imipenem in the treatment of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella-related postoperative endophthalmitis. This observational case series consists of three eyes from three patients seen between 2013 and 2014. Multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae is characterized by a rapid, fulminant course and severe intraocular inflammation. Intravitreal imipenem may be used to treat such infection.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1783-1785
Number of pages	3
Journal	Clinical Ophthalmology
Volume	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S67894
State	Published - Sep 16 2014

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Keywords

Imipenem
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Multidrug resistance
Postoperative endophthalmitis

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Ophthalmology

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Sanghi, S., Pathengay, A., Jindal, A., Raval, V., Nayak, S., Sharma, S., Bawdekar, A., & Flynn, H. W. (2014). Acute-onset postoperative endophthalmitis caused by multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumonia. Clinical Ophthalmology, 8, 1783-1785. https://doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S67894

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