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J Med Microbiol 56 (2007), 1410-1412; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47270-0
© 2007 Society for General Microbiology
ISSN 1473-5644

Case Report

Endophthalmitis due to Williamsia muralis

Ronan J. Murray1, Max Aravena-Román2 and Peter Kämpfer3

1 Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, PathWest Laboratory Services, Royal Perth Hospital, Wellington St, Perth, WA 6000, Australia

2 Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, PathWest Laboratory Services, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia

3 Institut für Angewandte Mikrobiologie, Justus-Liebig Universität Giessen, D-35392 Giessen, Germany

Correspondence
Peter Kämpfer
peter.kaempfer{at}agrar.uni-giessen.de

Received 6 March 2007
Accepted 27 June 2007

A case of endophthalmitis caused by Williamsia muralis is described. The infection occurred following a procedure known as intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide injection for the treatment of diabetic maculopathy. This is the first report of W. muralis as a causative agent of endophthalmitis.

Abbreviations: IVTA, intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide.

The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of isolate 9571414 J is AM409316.






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