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Trauma-induced endophthalmitis caused by Acinetobacter anitratus.

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Mark, DB; Gaynon, MW
Published in: Br J Ophthalmol
February 1983

A 56-year-old man sustained an intraocular injury by a piece of steel followed by endophthalmitis, which resolved after lensectomy, vitrectomy, and intravitreal injections of gentamicin. Acinetobacter anitratus was the organism responsible for the endophthalmitis. It is a Gram-negative polymorphic organism that can resemble several other pathogens and possesses unpredictable antibiotic susceptibility. A. anitratus is an important cause of nosocomial infection but has not previously been reported as a cause of endophthalmitis following trauma.

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Br J Ophthalmol

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ISSN

0007-1161

Publication Date

February 1983

Volume

67

Issue

2

Start / End Page

124 / 126

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Ophthalmology & Optometry
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Gentamicins
  • Eye Foreign Bodies
  • Endophthalmitis
  • Acinetobacter Infections
  • 3212 Ophthalmology and optometry
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
 

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Mark, D. B., & Gaynon, M. W. (1983). Trauma-induced endophthalmitis caused by Acinetobacter anitratus. Br J Ophthalmol, 67(2), 124–126. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.67.2.124
Mark, D. B., and M. W. Gaynon. “Trauma-induced endophthalmitis caused by Acinetobacter anitratus.Br J Ophthalmol 67, no. 2 (February 1983): 124–26. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.67.2.124.
Mark DB, Gaynon MW. Trauma-induced endophthalmitis caused by Acinetobacter anitratus. Br J Ophthalmol. 1983 Feb;67(2):124–6.
Mark, D. B., and M. W. Gaynon. “Trauma-induced endophthalmitis caused by Acinetobacter anitratus.Br J Ophthalmol, vol. 67, no. 2, Feb. 1983, pp. 124–26. Pubmed, doi:10.1136/bjo.67.2.124.
Mark DB, Gaynon MW. Trauma-induced endophthalmitis caused by Acinetobacter anitratus. Br J Ophthalmol. 1983 Feb;67(2):124–126.

Published In

Br J Ophthalmol

DOI

ISSN

0007-1161

Publication Date

February 1983

Volume

67

Issue

2

Start / End Page

124 / 126

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Ophthalmology & Optometry
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Gentamicins
  • Eye Foreign Bodies
  • Endophthalmitis
  • Acinetobacter Infections
  • 3212 Ophthalmology and optometry
  • 3202 Clinical sciences