PANOPHTHALMITIS IN A PREMATURE INFANT TREATED BY STREPTOMYCIN

Gas gangrene panophthalmitis treated with hyperbaric oxygen.

Pyocyanea Treated with Streptomycin

MULES (1894) wrote that where " the action of micro-organisms on an abraded surface may cause or is causing destructive changes " the indications would be to remove the irritating elements and allow the natural process of repair to heal the breach of surface ". He sought to achieve this by placing a gelatine wafer impregnated with iodoform on the corneal surface and keeping the eye bandaged. He...

Involving the Parents in Caring for Hospitalized Premature Infant in the NICU: A qualitative study

Introduction: Nurses have important role in providing emotional support, decreasing stress and educating the parents to involve them in care of premature infant. The aim of this study was discovering the NICU Nurses’ perception of involving the parents in care of infants. Methods: This qualitative study was carried out based on interpretative phenomenological approach.  The study setting was th...

Panophthalmitis caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus.

We report a case of Vibrio parahaemolyticus panophthalmitis which resulted from contamination of a wound with water from a pond in inland Georgia. The pond was on the property of an oil refinery which receives crude oil from southern Mississippi. Cultures of the pond water 5 years later did not yield V. parahaemolyticus, but did yield non-O1 V. cholerae and had 0.28% sodium chloride content. V....

Meningococcal osteomyelitis in a premature infant.

The authors report a rare case of acute hematogenous osteomyelitis in a premature very low-birth weight infant caused by Neisseria meningitidis, a microorganism which occasionally causes arthritis, but is very rarely involved in bone infections. The strong teamwork of clinicians, the clinical microbiologist and the radiologist allowed the prompt formulation and confirmation of the clinical susp...