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  • Title: Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus endophthalmitis after cataract surgery with intraocular vancomycin.
    Author: Townsend-Pico WA, Meyers SM, Langston RH, Costin JA.
    Journal: Am J Ophthalmol; 1996 Mar; 121(3):318-9. PubMed ID: 8597276.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: We studied a case of postoperative coagulase-negative Staphylococcus endophthalmitis in a 79-year-old man who had undergone cataract extraction in which vancomycin had been used intraoperatively in the infusion fluid. METHODS: The medical records were reviewed for the clinical history, ocular findings, and the vitreous and anterior chamber culture results. RESULTS: Acute, postoperative coagulase-negative Staphylococcus endophthalmitis developed in the patient in whom vancomycin had been used intraoperatively in the infusion fluid. CONCLUSIONS: Restraint is urged in the prophylactic use of vancomycin in the infusion fluids.
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