ESBL E. coli Urosepsis Resulting in Endogenous Panophthalmitis Requiring Evisceration of the Eye in a Diabetic Patient

Joint Authors

Arunachala Murthy, Tejaswini
Rangappa, Pradeep
Rao, Sangeetha
Rao, Karthik

Source

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases

Issue

Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-4, 4 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2015-08-17

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

4

Main Subjects

Diseases

Abstract EN

A primary infection in a remote site resulting in vision threatening complications like panophthalmitis in a person who is not immune-compromised is rare.

We report a case of endogenous bilateral bacterial endophthalmitis progressing into panophthalmitis in one eye requiring evisceration of that eye.

A patient admitted with severe ESBL E.

coli urosepsis was effectively treated with source control (bilateral DJ stenting for hydroureteronephrosis) and antibiotics.

She was found to have features suggestive of bilateral conjunctivitis which progressed to panophthalmitis possibly due to delay in appropriate diagnosis and treatment.

Diagnosis requires a very high index of suspicion if eye involvement is noted in a patient with features of bacteraemia and early intervention could possibly produce better outcomes.

To our knowledge, this is the first case of ESBL E.

coli urosepsis complicated by microbiologically confirmed panophthalmitis.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Arunachala Murthy, Tejaswini& Rangappa, Pradeep& Rao, Sangeetha& Rao, Karthik. 2015. ESBL E. coli Urosepsis Resulting in Endogenous Panophthalmitis Requiring Evisceration of the Eye in a Diabetic Patient. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Arunachala Murthy, Tejaswini…[et al.]. ESBL E. coli Urosepsis Resulting in Endogenous Panophthalmitis Requiring Evisceration of the Eye in a Diabetic Patient. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Arunachala Murthy, Tejaswini& Rangappa, Pradeep& Rao, Sangeetha& Rao, Karthik. ESBL E. coli Urosepsis Resulting in Endogenous Panophthalmitis Requiring Evisceration of the Eye in a Diabetic Patient. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1058769

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1058769