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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2002, p. 2668-2670, Vol. 40, No. 7
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.7.2668-2670.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Posttrabeculectomy Endophthalmitis Caused by Moraxella nonliquefaciens

Helene Laukeland,1 Kåre Bergh,2,3* and Lars Bevanger2,3

Departments of Ophthalmology,1 Microbiology, University Hospital,2 Department of Laboratory Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7006 Trondheim, Norway3

Received 26 November 2001/ Returned for modification 3 February 2002/ Accepted 7 April 2002

Moraxella nonliquefaciens, a commensal organism of the upper respiratory tract, is generally considered to have low pathogenic potential. We report here two cases of severe endophthalmitis occurring 9 years and 2 months after glaucoma filtration surgery, respectively. Apart from sulfonamide, very low MICs were recorded for several antibiotics tested. Identification was based on phenotypic characteristics in combination with sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, University Hospital of Trondheim, N-7006 Trondheim, Norway. Phone: 47 7386 7470. Fax: 47 7386 7765. E-mail: kare.bergh{at}medisin.ntnu.no.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2002, p. 2668-2670, Vol. 40, No. 7
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.7.2668-2670.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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