Post-traumatic endophthalmitis with Moraxella in a child

Abstract: Purpose: To describe a case of post-traumatic endophthalmitis with Moraxella in a child.Methods: Case report of an 11-year-old boy who presented with redness and profound visual loss in his left eye for 3 days following trauma with a sewing needle. Detailed ophthalmic examination showed hand movement vision, corneal edema with mobile hypopyon, as well as dot and clump echoes in Ultrasound B-scan. The clinical diagnosis of acute post-traumatic endophthalmitis was made.Result: The patient underwent pars plana vitrectomy and vitreous biopsy, and was given intravitreal antibiotics (vancomycin 1 mg/0.1 ml, ceftazidime 2.25 mg/0.1 ml, voriconazole 0.1 mg/0.1 ml). Non-pigmented small colonies growth was observed on culture plates which were identified as Moraxella .Conclusion: To date, no case report has been published regarding post-traumatic endophthalmitis due to Moraxella species in the pediatric age group

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Post-traumatic endophthalmitis with Moraxella in a child ; volume:11 ; day:28 ; month:01 ; year:2021
GMS ophthalmology cases ; 11 (28.01.2021)

Klassifikation
Medizin, Gesundheit

Urheber
Awasthi, Upma
Grover, Rohini
Videkar, Chetan
Varshney, Abhishek

DOI
10.3205/oc000174
URN
urn:nbn:de:0183-oc0001742
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Open Access; Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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15.08.2025, 07:37 MESZ

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  • Awasthi, Upma
  • Grover, Rohini
  • Videkar, Chetan
  • Varshney, Abhishek

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