Scleral buckle infection with Alcaligenes xylosoxidans

Indian J Ophthalmol. 2014 Jun;62(6):739-41. doi: 10.4103/0301-4738.136266.

Abstract

We describe a rare case of extraocular inflammation secondary to scleral buckle infection with Alcaligenes xylosoxidans. A 60-year-old female with a history of retinal detachment repair with open-book technique of scleral buckling presented with purulent discharge and irritation in the right eye that had begun 4 weeks earlier and had been treated ineffectively at another hospital. Conjunctival erosion with exposure of the scleral buckle was noted. The scleral buckle was removed and cultured. The explanted material grew gram-negative rod later identified as A. xylosoxidans. On the basis of the susceptibility test results, the patient was treated by subconjunctival injection and fortified topical ceftazidime. After 4 weeks of treatment, the infection resolved.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Alcaligenes / isolation & purification*
  • Device Removal / methods*
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial / diagnosis
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial / surgery
  • Female
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / surgery
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / methods*
  • Retinal Detachment / surgery
  • Scleral Buckling / adverse effects*
  • Surgical Wound Infection / diagnosis
  • Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology*
  • Surgical Wound Infection / surgery