Exogenous group G Streptococcus endophthalmitis following intravitreal ranibizumab injection

Suleyman Kugu,1 Mehmet Sahin Sevim,2 Nilufer Zorlutuna Kaymak,1 Gurkan Erdogan,3 Baran Kandemir,1 Omer Kamil Dogan41Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Eye Clinic, Istanbul, 2Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Eye Clinic, Istanbul, 3Umraniye Training and Research Hospi...

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Autores principales:	Kugu S, Sevim MS, Kaymak NZ, Erdogan G, Kandemir B, Dogan OK
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Publicado:	Dove Medical Press 2012
Materias:	Ophthalmology RE1-994
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:27d3a8b966f44f509c9304c1318b37f22021-12-02T06:38:11ZExogenous group G Streptococcus endophthalmitis following intravitreal ranibizumab injection1177-54671177-5483https://doaj.org/article/27d3a8b966f44f509c9304c1318b37f22012-08-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/exogenous-group-g-streptococcus-endophthalmitis-following-intravitreal-a10836https://doaj.org/toc/1177-5467https://doaj.org/toc/1177-5483Suleyman Kugu,1 Mehmet Sahin Sevim,2 Nilufer Zorlutuna Kaymak,1 Gurkan Erdogan,3 Baran Kandemir,1 Omer Kamil Dogan41Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Eye Clinic, Istanbul, 2Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Eye Clinic, Istanbul, 3Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Eye Clinic, Istanbul, 4World Eye Hospital, Eye Clinic, Istanbul, TurkeyAbstract: We report a case of group G Streptococcus endophthalmitis following an intravitreal ranibizumab injection for a choroidal neovascular membrane. Pars plana vitrectomy was applied for endophthalmitis and group G Streptococcus cultures were isolated in the vitreous samples taken from the patient. Twenty-four hours following pars plana vitrectomy the patient underwent myocardial infarction and cardiac arrest. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of group G Streptococcus endophthalmitis following an intravitreal injection.Keywords: group G Streptococcus, endophthalmitis, intravitreal injectionKugu SSevim MSKaymak NZErdogan GKandemir BDogan OKDove Medical PressarticleOphthalmologyRE1-994ENClinical Ophthalmology, Vol 2012, Iss default, Pp 1399-1402 (2012)
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spellingShingle	Ophthalmology RE1-994 Kugu S Sevim MS Kaymak NZ Erdogan G Kandemir B Dogan OK Exogenous group G Streptococcus endophthalmitis following intravitreal ranibizumab injection
description	Suleyman Kugu,1 Mehmet Sahin Sevim,2 Nilufer Zorlutuna Kaymak,1 Gurkan Erdogan,3 Baran Kandemir,1 Omer Kamil Dogan41Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Eye Clinic, Istanbul, 2Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Eye Clinic, Istanbul, 3Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Eye Clinic, Istanbul, 4World Eye Hospital, Eye Clinic, Istanbul, TurkeyAbstract: We report a case of group G Streptococcus endophthalmitis following an intravitreal ranibizumab injection for a choroidal neovascular membrane. Pars plana vitrectomy was applied for endophthalmitis and group G Streptococcus cultures were isolated in the vitreous samples taken from the patient. Twenty-four hours following pars plana vitrectomy the patient underwent myocardial infarction and cardiac arrest. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of group G Streptococcus endophthalmitis following an intravitreal injection.Keywords: group G Streptococcus, endophthalmitis, intravitreal injection
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author	Kugu S Sevim MS Kaymak NZ Erdogan G Kandemir B Dogan OK
author_facet	Kugu S Sevim MS Kaymak NZ Erdogan G Kandemir B Dogan OK
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title	Exogenous group G Streptococcus endophthalmitis following intravitreal ranibizumab injection
title_short	Exogenous group G Streptococcus endophthalmitis following intravitreal ranibizumab injection
title_full	Exogenous group G Streptococcus endophthalmitis following intravitreal ranibizumab injection
title_fullStr	Exogenous group G Streptococcus endophthalmitis following intravitreal ranibizumab injection
title_full_unstemmed	Exogenous group G Streptococcus endophthalmitis following intravitreal ranibizumab injection
title_sort	exogenous group g streptococcus endophthalmitis following intravitreal ranibizumab injection
publisher	Dove Medical Press
publishDate	2012
url	https://doaj.org/article/27d3a8b966f44f509c9304c1318b37f2
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Exogenous group G Streptococcus endophthalmitis following intravitreal ranibizumab injection

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