POSTTRAUMATIC ENDOPHTHALMITIS BY MULTIPLE GERMS

History and signs A 37-y-old worker for a recycling company suffered f rom a corneal perforation by a wire which had been in contact with dir t and moisture. Therapy and outcome Initially, the typical signs of an endophthalmitis were missing so that we only irrigated and instilled antibiotics into the anterior chamber. However, later on two pars-plan a vitrectomies became necessary. At each operation a bacteriological e xamination was performed and we found four different species - Pseudom onas aeruginosa, Klebsiella oxytoca, Aeromonas caviae, Flavobacterium odoratum Conclusion The latter two species are very rare in ophthalmol ogy. This fact and some pecularities in the clinical course of the pat ient's disease make him an unusual case. After unsuccessful irrigation of the anterior chamber vitrectomy ought to be performed immediately.