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Ocul Immunol Inflamm
; 24(1): 118-9, 2016.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24749654
RESUMO
PURPOSE: The authors report a case of endophthalmitis after intravitreal injection of ranibizumab. METHODS: After searching for extensive laboratory tests to isolate the etiologic agent Results: The agent was determined as Leuconostoc mesenteroides, gram-positive cocci, vancomycin resistant. DISCUSSION: Considerations regarding this bacterium were done by calling attention to its rarity, difficulty of isolation, and action on secondary comorbidities as opportunistic pathogen.