Vision loss following intraocular listeriosis associated with contaminated cantaloupe

Case Reports in Ophthalmology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 7-11

  Ibraheem, Mam ^a,c   Vance, Sushma ^d   Jackson, Kelly A ^b   Ettestad, Paul ^c   Smelser, Chad ^c   Silk, Benjamin ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d TEXAS RETINA ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cucumis melo; Disease outbreaks; Endophthalmitis; Eye infections; Listeria monocytogenes

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPLEGIC AGENT; DORZOLAMIDE PLUS TIMOLOL; GLUCOSE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANOREXIA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLURRED VISION; CANTALOUPE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHEMOSIS; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE INFECTION; EYE PAIN; EYE REDNESS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOPYON; INTRAOCULAR LISTERIOSIS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS IMPLANTATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SLIT LAMP; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS OPACITY; AWARENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HISPANIC; LENS IMPLANT; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROGNOSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84884226183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16632699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000351858     Document Type: Article

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