Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 2009-Aug
Orbital cellulitis and endogenous endophthalmitis secondary to Proteus mirabilis cholecystitis.
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We report the first case of orbital cellulitis and endogenous endophthalmitis secondary to Proteus mirabilis bacteremia that resulted from a calculus cholecystitis. Despite resolution of the gallbladder infection with antimicrobial therapy, the patient required evisceration of the affected eye. The pathogenesis of hematogenous endophthalmitis due to Gram-negative bacilli is discussed.