A 36-year-old woman had uneventful implantation of an angle-supported anter
ior chamber phakic intraocular lens (IOL) to correct high myopia. On the fi
rst postoperative day, she developed infectious endophthalmitis likely asso
ciated with intraoperative contamination. Group B beta-hemolytic Streptococ
cus endophthalmitis was confirmed by microbiologic studies. To our knowledg
e, this is the first documented case of infectious endophthalmitis after an
terior chamber phakic IOL implantation to correct high myopia. (C) 1999 ASC
RS and ESCRS.