TY - JOUR T1 - <strong> <em>Ochrobactrum anthropi</em> </strong>endophthalmitis after vitreous surgery JF - British Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Br J Ophthalmol SP - 501 LP - 501 DO - 10.1136/bjo.83.4.501b VL - 83 IS - 4 AU - KENJI INOUE AU - JIRO NUMAGA AU - YOICHI NAGATA AU - MASAHIKO SAKURAI AU - NATSUE ASO AU - YUJIRO FUJINO Y1 - 1999/04/01 UR - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/83/4/501.3.abstract N2 - Editor,—Ochrobactrum anthropi is a non-fermentative, motile, strictly aerobic, oxidase positive Gram negative bacillus.1 In 1980, the first case of human infection with O anthropi was described.2 Since then, there have been some reports and this bacillus has been considered as a possible cause of opportunistic infection. There are only two reports ofO anthropi endophthalmitis, one was metastatic endophthalmitis in a patient with a central venous catheter,3 and the other was after cataract surgery.4 We describe a case of unilateral endophthalmitis caused by O anthropi, which was diagnosed after two vitreous surgery procedures. CASE REPORT A 64 year old man complained of visual loss in his left eye in January 1998. He was diagnosed with uveitis and … ER -