Author(s)

Jing Li, Jianmin Ma, Xin Ge

Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Key Laboratory, Beijing, China.

Klebsiella pneumoniae is a facultative anaerobic gram-negative, non-motile, capsulated, gas-producing rod found widely in nature and often associated with urinary and respiratory infections in humans. Orbital cellulitis with abscess formation caused by K. pneumoniae is rare. Here, we present a case of K. pneumonia-inducing orbital cellulitis with abscess formation in a patient who had undergone an orbital wall fracture prosthesis with hydroxyapatite implantation due to orbital trauma 9 years ago. The patient was treated successfully with antibiotics and surgery.

Orbital Cellulitis; Abscess; Klebsiella Pneumoniae

J. Li, J. Ma and X. Ge, "Late-onset Orbital Cellulitis with Abscess Formation Caused by Klebsiella Pneumoniae," Open Journal of Ophthalmology, Vol. 2 No. 3, 2012, pp. 89-92. doi: 10.4236/ojoph.2012.23019.