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Post-surgical endophthalmitis with secondary meningitis. About a case
Endoftalmitis postquirúrgica con meningitis secundaria. A propósito de un caso
S. Hernández Santamaría
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, N. García Figuera, M. Maldonado MacCrohon, L. Jordano Luna, A. Laiseca García, M.T. Álvarez Barrio
Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Getafe, Madrid, Spain
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A 61-year-old man presented hyperacute endophthalmitis due to Proteus mirabilis after a pars plana vitrectomy. In the first examination (24 h after surgery), visual acuity (VA) was of hand movement, biomicroscopy showed edematous cornea, Tyndall ++++ and fibrin membrane, with vitritis and impossibility of visualizing retina details. Treatment with intravitreal injections was performed. Despite the treatment, the patient's symptoms worsened, and he began with poor general condition, fever, and leukocytosis, requiring hospitalization and intravenous treatment because of a diagnosis of secondary meningitis due to post-surgical endophthalmitis. The patient required enucleation of the affected eye without prosthesis placement.

Even though post-surgical bacterial endophthalmitis is usually an infection confined to the eye, this clinical case demonstrates the possibility of the infection spreading to the rest of the body, potentially endangering the patient's life.

Keywords:
Endophthalmitis
Proteus mirabilis
Meningitis
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Varón de 61 años, que tras vitrectomía pars plana presenta una endoftalmitis hiperaguda por Proteus mirabilis. En la primera exploración (24 horas de la cirugía), la agudeza visual (AV) era movimiento de manos, en la biomicroscopia presenta córnea edematosa, Tyndall ++++ y membrana de fibrina, con vitritis e imposibilidad de visualizar detalles en el fondo de ojo (FO). Se realizó tratamiento con inyecciones intravítreas. A pesar del tratamiento, la clínica empeora, y comienza con mal estado general, fiebre y leucocitosis, precisando ingreso en la planta de medicina interna y tratamiento intravenoso por diagnóstico de meningitis secundaria a endoftalmitis postquirúrgica. Para la resolución completa del cuadro, precisó enucleación del ojo afecto sin prótesis.

Pese a que la endoftalmitis bacteriana postquirúrgica suele ser una infección confinada al ojo, este caso clínico demuestra la posibilidad de que la infección se disemine sistémicamente y al sistema nervioso central, pudiendo peligrar la vida del paciente.

Palabras clave:
Endoftalmitis
Proteus mirabilis
Meningitis

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