Endophthalmitis Caused by after Anterior Vitrectomy in a Child.

Endophthalmitis caused by has never before been reported in a child. We report a case of a 12-year-old female with a history of penetrating keratoplasty, followed years later by open globe injury and repair, and subsequent anterior vitrectomy, which resulted in endophthalmitis caused by . We review previous cases of endophthalmitis by this organism and argue that its detection will become more common with the use of 16S rDNA PCR and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry.