2016 Volume 49 Issue 9 Pages 599-604
A 7X-year-old female who was undergoing hemodialysis presented to our hospital with sudden general malaise and a fever. A blood culture was positive for group G Streptococcus. She developed a high-grade fever exceeding 39°C, and sepsis was revealed by laboratory tests. She was treated with antibiotics, and her symptoms and fever gradually disappeared. However, she suffered visual disturbance and was diagnosed with endogenous endophthalmitis due to group G Streptococcus. Endogenous endophthalmitis is known to have a poor visual prognosis ; however, her visual disturbance fortunately resolved after systemic antibiotic therapy and the frequent ocular instillation of antibiotics. Early diagnosis and systemic antibiotic treatment are important for treating endogenous endophthalmitis in hemodialysis patients.
