Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University
Shimane University Faculty of Medicine
Shimane Journal of Medical Science

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Shimane journal of medical science Volume 12
published_at 1990

Bilateral Metastatic Endophthalmitis Caused by Staphylococcus Epidermidis

Kanamori Michiko
Hayasaka Seiji
Setogawa Tomoichi
Takeshita Masahiro
Akagi Shuji
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Descriptions
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.