Scleral buckle infection with Alcaligenes xylosoxidans

Scleral buckle infection with Alcaligenes xylosoxidans

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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 serra avatar price 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 turbosound ts-18sw700/8a 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.