ELEVATED INTRAOCULAR-PRESSURE, PIGMENT DISPERSION AND DARK HYPOPYON IN ENDOGENOUS ENDOPHTHALMITIS FROM LISTERIA-MONOCYTOGENES

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作者
ELIOTT, D [1 ]
OBRIEN, TP [1 ]
GREEN, WR [1 ]
JAMPEL, HD [1 ]
GOLDBERG, MF [1 ]
机构
[1] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV HOSP, WILMER OPHTHALMOL INST, EYE PATHOL LAB, 600 N WOLFE ST, BALTIMORE, MD 21205 USA
关键词
DARK HYPOPYON; ENDOGENOUS ENDOPHTHALMITIS; LISTERIA-MONOCYTOGENE; PIGMENT DISPERSION;
D O I
10.1016/0039-6257(92)90074-4
中图分类号
R77 [眼科学];
学科分类号
100212 ;
摘要
Listeria monocytogenes endophthalmitis occurred in an immunologically competent patient with no identifiable extraocular septic focus. The patient presented with a dark hypopyon and markedly elevated intraocular pressure, and the diagnosis was established by culture and histopathologic examination of ocular fluid. Four of the fourteen reported cases of Listeria monocytogenes endophthalmitis also presented with a dark hypopyon, and all cases had markedly elevated intraocular pressure. The presence of a dark hypopyon and elevated intraocular pressure may indicate endogenous intraocular infection with Listeria monocytogenes, even in an apparently healthy host.
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