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DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Volume 64, Issue 4, Pages 442-444Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.04.014
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Endogenous endophthalmitis; Orbital cellulitis; Proteus mirabilis; Bloodstream infection; Cholecystitis
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We report the first case of orbital cellulitis and endogenous endophthalmitis secondary to Proteus mirabilis bacteremia that resulted from a calculus cholecystitis. Despite resolution of the gallbladder infection with antimicrobial therapy, the patient required evisceration of the affected eye. The pathogenesis of hematogenous endophthalmitis due to Gram-negative bacilli is discussed. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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