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Postpartum Endogenous Panophthalmitis Caused by Sphingomonas Paucimobilis

Year 2015, Volume: 40 Number: Supplement 1, 29 - 32, 09.10.2015
https://doi.org/10.17826/cutf.99628

Abstract

We present a very rare case of endogenous panophthalmitis in a postpartum patient. A 31-year-old woman was admitted with vision loss and pain in the right eye for two days that began the day after the delivery. Her ophthalmologic examination revealed panophthalmitis and she was hospitalized for treatment and investigation. Despite intensive medication corneal melting and spontaneous perforation occurred, so evisceration had to be performed. Sphingomonas paucimobilis, an opportunistic infection agent, was isolated in the conjunctival swab and evisceration specimen cultures of the patient. It is known that immune system is influenced and inflammatory responses are altered in pregnants and puerperants, so any symptom of eye infection should not be ignored in peripartum and puerperium periods.

References

  • Cantrill HL, Rodman WP , Ramsay RC, Knobloch WH. Postpartum Candida endophthalmitis. JAMA. 1980;243:1163-5.
  • Guex-Crosier Y, Chave JP, Herbort CP. Postpartum Candida endophthalmitis treated with fluconazole. Ophthalmologica. 1993;206:214-5.
  • Tsai CC, Chen SJ, Chung YM, Yu KW, Hsu WM. Postpartum endogenous Candida 8. Seo SW, Chung IY, Kim E, Park JM. A case of endophthalmitis. J Formos Med Assoc. 2002;101:432-6.
  • Sahu C, Kumar K, Sinha MK, Venkata A, Majji AB, Jalali S. Review of endogenous 9. Adams WE, Habib M, Berrington A, Koerner R, endophthalmitis during pregnancy including case series. Int Ophthalmol. 2013;33:611-8.
  • Rahman W, Hanson R, Westcott M. A rare case of peripartum endogenous bacterial 10. Robinson DP, Klein SL. Pregnancy and endophthalmitis. Int Ophthalmol. 2011;31:113- 5.
  • Kriet MM, Bouya Y, Louaya S. Endogenous postpartum panophthalmitis induced by sphingomonas paucimobili. Bull Soc Belge Ophtalmol. 2011;318:37-40.

Sphingomonas Paucimobilis’e Bağlı Postpartum Endojen Panoftalmi

Year 2015, Volume: 40 Number: Supplement 1, 29 - 32, 09.10.2015
https://doi.org/10.17826/cutf.99628

Abstract

Bu çalışmada nadir görülen bir postpartum endojen panoftalmi olgusu sunulmuştur. Otuz bir yaşında kadın hasta, doğum yaptıktan bir gün sonra başlayan ve iki gündür devam eden sağ gözde ağrı ve görme kaybı yakınmasıyla başvurdu. Oftalmolojik muayenesinde panoftalmi bulguları izlenen hasta tetkik ve tedavi amacıyla yatırıldı. Yoğun tedaviye rağmen korneada incelme ve spontan perforasyon gelişmesi üzerine hastanın sağ gözüne evisserasyon uygulandı. Hastanın konjonktiva sürüntüsü ve evisserasyon örneği kültüründe fırsatçı bir enfeksiyon ajanı olan Sphingomonas paucimobilis izole edildi. Hamileler ve lohusalarda immun sistemin etkilendiği ve inflamatuar yanıtların değiştiği bilinmektedir, bu nedenle peripartum dönem ve lohusalıkta göz enfeksiyonları ihmal edilmemelidir.

References

  • Cantrill HL, Rodman WP , Ramsay RC, Knobloch WH. Postpartum Candida endophthalmitis. JAMA. 1980;243:1163-5.
  • Guex-Crosier Y, Chave JP, Herbort CP. Postpartum Candida endophthalmitis treated with fluconazole. Ophthalmologica. 1993;206:214-5.
  • Tsai CC, Chen SJ, Chung YM, Yu KW, Hsu WM. Postpartum endogenous Candida 8. Seo SW, Chung IY, Kim E, Park JM. A case of endophthalmitis. J Formos Med Assoc. 2002;101:432-6.
  • Sahu C, Kumar K, Sinha MK, Venkata A, Majji AB, Jalali S. Review of endogenous 9. Adams WE, Habib M, Berrington A, Koerner R, endophthalmitis during pregnancy including case series. Int Ophthalmol. 2013;33:611-8.
  • Rahman W, Hanson R, Westcott M. A rare case of peripartum endogenous bacterial 10. Robinson DP, Klein SL. Pregnancy and endophthalmitis. Int Ophthalmol. 2011;31:113- 5.
  • Kriet MM, Bouya Y, Louaya S. Endogenous postpartum panophthalmitis induced by sphingomonas paucimobili. Bull Soc Belge Ophtalmol. 2011;318:37-40.
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Primary Language English
Journal Section Case Report
Authors

Ebru Esen

Altan Özcan This is me

Firas Şimşek This is me

İsmail Ündar This is me

Publication Date October 9, 2015
Published in Issue Year 2015 Volume: 40 Number: Supplement 1

Cite

MLA Esen, Ebru et al. “Postpartum Endogenous Panophthalmitis Caused by Sphingomonas Paucimobilis”. Cukurova Medical Journal, vol. 40, 2015, pp. 29-32, doi:10.17826/cutf.99628.