{"title":"[Endogenous postpartum panophthalmitis induced by sphingomonas paucimobili].","authors":"M M Kriet, Y Bouya, S Louaya","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Endogenous panophthalmitis is a rare eye disease with purulent necrosis of all the ocular structures. It is a rare but serious condition that occurs when bacteria cross the blood-ocular barrier and multiply within the eye. Although rare, endogenous panophthamitis is a potentially devastating intraocular infection resulting in a poor visual and anatomic prognosis. We present a 39-year-old woman, without any previous history, who developed a endogenous panophthalmitis in the left eye secondary to a puerperal endomyometritis secondary to infection with Sphingomonas paucimobilis. Despite systemic antibiotic therapy and intraocular injections, there was an evolution to purulent corneal melting.</p>","PeriodicalId":9308,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin de la Societe belge d'ophtalmologie","volume":" 318","pages":"37-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Bulletin de la Societe belge d'ophtalmologie","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Endogenous panophthalmitis is a rare eye disease with purulent necrosis of all the ocular structures. It is a rare but serious condition that occurs when bacteria cross the blood-ocular barrier and multiply within the eye. Although rare, endogenous panophthamitis is a potentially devastating intraocular infection resulting in a poor visual and anatomic prognosis. We present a 39-year-old woman, without any previous history, who developed a endogenous panophthalmitis in the left eye secondary to a puerperal endomyometritis secondary to infection with Sphingomonas paucimobilis. Despite systemic antibiotic therapy and intraocular injections, there was an evolution to purulent corneal melting.