Bilateral endogenous methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus endophthalmitis in a young athlete: A story of full recovery

Jamel Corredores; Michael Halpert; Oren Cohen; Radgonde Amer

doi:10.4274/tjo.galenos.2021.83809

Bilateral endogenous methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus endophthalmitis in a young athlete: A story of full recovery

Jamel Corredores
, Michael Halpert
, Oren Cohen
, Radgonde Amer^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Endogenous endophthalmitis (EE) is an ophthalmological emergency. We report the long-term outcome of bilateral methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus EE in a 23-year-old healthy immunocompetent athlete who presented with EE secondary to pelvic abscess and remained with excellent vision.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	177-180
Number of pages	4
Journal	Turkish Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume	51
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4274/tjo.galenos.2021.83809
State	Published - 2021
Externally published	Yes

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© 2021 by Turkish Ophthalmological Association.

Keywords

Endogenous endophthalmitis
Endophthalmitis
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Vitrectomy

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