Post‑traumatic endophthalmitis caused by Streptococcus parauberis: First human case report.
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2016-07
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A 12‑year‑old boy presented with trauma to left eye with a wooden stick. On examination, there was full thickness
corneal laceration with cataractous lens behind the laceration. The laceration was sutured, and intravitreal injections of
vancomycin, ceftazidime and clindamycin were administered. Vitreous tap grew Streptococcus parauberis. The isolate
was sensitive to amoxicillin, erythromycin and vancomycin, and topical vancomycin was used to treat the infection. We
present the first case of human post‑traumatic infective endophthalmitis caused by the rare agent S. parauberis.
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Infective endophthalmitis, post‑traumatic, Streptococcus parauberis, vancomycin
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Zaman K, Thakur A, Sree V L, Kaushik S, Gautam V, Ray P. Post‑traumatic endophthalmitis caused by Streptococcus parauberis: First human case report. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology. 2016 July-Sept; 34(3): 382-384.