Endogenous endophthalmitis caused by Staphylococcus capitis

Abdelrahman M Elhusseiny; Muhammad M Shamim; Riley N Sanders; Ahmed B Sallam

doi:10.1016/j.ajoc.2022.101415

Endogenous endophthalmitis caused by Staphylococcus capitis

Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2022 Feb 10:25:101415. doi: 10.1016/j.ajoc.2022.101415. eCollection 2022 Mar.

Authors

Abdelrahman M Elhusseiny¹, Muhammad M Shamim¹, Riley N Sanders¹, Ahmed B Sallam¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Bernice and Harvey Jones Eye Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.

Abstract

Purpose: To report a rare case of endogenous endophthalmitis caused by Staphylococcus capitis.

Observation: A 34-year-old male patient with a history of gonococcal urethritis and arthritis presented with right endogenous endophthalmitis. Vitreous biopsy culture confirmed Staphylococcus capitis involvement. The patient was treated with pars plana vitrectomy, intravitreal vancomycin, and ceftazidime injections and systemic antibiotics.

Conclusion and importance: Staphylococcus capitis-related endogenous endophthalmitis has rarely been reported in the literature. None of the published reports specifically describe its clinical course and management.

Keywords: Coagulase negative staphylococci; Endophthalmitis; Staphylococcus capitis.

Publication types

Case Reports