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| Publications [#197974] of Daniel B. Mark
Papers Published
- DB Mark, MW Gaynon, Trauma-induced endophthalmitis caused by Acinetobacter anitratus.,
The British journal of ophthalmology, vol. 67 no. 2
(February, 1983),
pp. 124-6, ISSN 0007-1161
(last updated on 2011/11/29)
Abstract:
A 56-year-old man sustained an intraocular injury by a piece of steel followed by endophthalmitis, which resolved after lensectomy, vitrectomy, and intravitreal injections of gentamicin. Acinetobacter anitratus was the organism responsible for the endophthalmitis. It is a Gram-negative polymorphic organism that can resemble several other pathogens and possesses unpredictable antibiotic susceptibility. A. anitratus is an important cause of nosocomial infection but has not previously been reported as a cause of endophthalmitis following trauma.
Keywords:
Acinetobacter Infections • Endophthalmitis • Eye Foreign Bodies • Gentamicins • Humans • Male • Middle Aged • complications* • drug therapy • etiology* • therapeutic use
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