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Mycobacterium fortuitum endophthalmitis
S Mutyala1, J P Dieckert, C J Papasian
1Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.)
|January 1, 1996
Abstract
Purpose:
The authors report the first known case of mycobacterium fortuitum endophthalmitis.
Method:
The authors use the documentation of clinical course.
Results:
A postoperative cataract patient received a diagnosis of mycobacterium fortuitum endophthalmitis 1 month after uncomplicated cataract surgery. The endophthalmitis responded to intraocular amikacin.
Conclusions:
When mycobacteria are recovered from patients with endophthalmitis, amikacin should be included in the therapeutic regimen until speciation and in vitro susceptibility testing documents equally effective alternatives.