Polymerase Chain Reaction Detection of Culture-Negative Klebsiella pneumoniae Endophthalmitis: A Case Report
Clinicians may consider alternative etiologies after a negative microbial culture. This teaching case supports the use of 16S RT-PCR to more rigorously rule out infectious causes of panuveitis, especially in immunocompromised patients, to avoid premature consideration of other differential diagnoses.
Authors
- Brendan Tao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7069-3162)
- Bryon R. McKay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8138-5015)
- Jennifer Ling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6699-0268)
Institutions
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Case Reports in Ophthalmology
- Published
- 2025-05-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000546554
- Primary Topic
- Ocular Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00