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1: Arch Ophthalmol. 1979 Mar;97(3):498-9.Click here to read Links

Bacillus cereus endogenous panophthalmitis.

Bouza E, Grant S, Jordan C, Yook RH, Sulit HL.

A case of severe suppurative endogenous panophthalmitis caused by Bacillus cereus resulted from intravenously administered medications. This is the first, to our knowledge, well-documented case of endogenous endophthalmitis associated with this organism. It is recommended that if on Gram's stain of the anterior chamber fluid, Gram-positive rods are seen, chloramphenicol should be administered in addition to penicillin because of the possibility of B cereus infection.

PMID: 105693 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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