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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2002, p. 1563-1564, Vol. 40, No. 4
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.4.1563-1564.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Serratia ficaria Endophthalmitis

P. R. Badenoch,1* A. L. Thom,2 and D. J. Coster1

Department of Ophthalmology,1 Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University of South Australia, Bedford Park, South Australia 5042, Australia2

Received 9 January 2002/ Accepted 13 January 2002

We report a case of Serratia ficaria endophthalmitis in a 73-year-old man. The patient's ocular history included a chemical burn, glaucoma, and corneal transplantation. S. ficaria is part of the fig tree ecosystem and is rarely isolated from clinical specimens. When it has been previously implicated as an agent of disease, the patients have been treated successfully and there have been no complications. In our patient, however, the infection resulted in the loss of the infected eye. This case illustrates that S. ficaria infection in a compromised patient can have serious consequences.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Ophthalmology, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford, South Australia 5042, Australia. Phone: (08) 82044863. Fax: (08) 82770899. E-mail: opprb{at}flinders.edu.au.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2002, p. 1563-1564, Vol. 40, No. 4
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.4.1563-1564.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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