Shimane Journal of Medical Science

Shimane University Faculty of Medicine
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ISSN :2433-2410(online)

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Shimane Journal of Medical Science 12
1990 発行

Bilateral Metastatic Endophthalmitis Caused by Staphylococcus Epidermidis

Kanamori, Michiko
Hayasaka, Seiji
Setogawa, Tomoichi
Takeshita, Masahiro
Akagi, Shuji
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A previously healthy 75-year-old man received intravenous antibiotics for fever. After treatment, he experienced a sudden loss of vision and demonstrated intraocular hemorrhages and whitish retinas bilaterally. A biopsy of the liver disclosed an abscess. Staphylococcus epidermidis grew from vitreous aspirate of the left eye. The left eye was eviscerated 1 1/2 months after the onset, and the right eye became phthisical, despite systemic and intravitreal antibiotic therapy.