Ocul Immunol Inflamm 2016 21;24(1):118-9. Epub 2014 Apr 21.
b Department of Ophthalmology School of Medicine - Universidade Federal Fluminense , Niteroi , Brazil.
Purpose: The authors report a case of endophthalmitis after intravitreal injection of ranibizumab.
Methods: After searching for extensive laboratory tests to isolate the etiologic agent Results: The agent was determined as Leuconostoc mesenteroides, gram-positive cocci, vancomycin resistant.
Discussion: Considerations regarding this bacterium were done by calling attention to its rarity, difficulty of isolation, and action on secondary comorbidities as opportunistic pathogen.