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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2008, p. 1148-1150, Vol. 46, No. 3
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01604-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Endophthalmitis Caused by Acinetobacter baumannii: Report of Two Cases{triangledown}

Kuan-Jen Chen,1* Chiun-Ho Hou,1 Ming-Hui Sun,1 Chi-Chun Lai,1 Chi-Chin Sun,1,2 and Ching-Hsi Hsiao1

Department of Ophthalmology, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kwei-Shan, Taoyuan, Taiwan,1 Department of Ophthalmology, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan2

Received 11 August 2007/ Returned for modification 25 November 2007/ Accepted 23 December 2007

Acinetobacter baumannii is most often responsible for hospital-acquired infections and is occasionally associated with community-acquired infections. We report two cases of A. baumannii endophthalmitis, one with endogenous endophthalmitis and the other with postkeratoplasty endophthalmitis. Although endophthalmitis is rare, ophthalmologists should be alert to the possibility of patients having endophthalmitis caused by A. baumannii.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 5 Fu-Hsing Street, Kwei-Shan, 333 Taoyuan, Taiwan. Phone: 886-3-3281200, ext. 8671. Fax: 886-3-328-7798. E-mail: cgr999chiayi{at}yahoo.com.tw

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 9 January 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2008, p. 1148-1150, Vol. 46, No. 3
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01604-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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