Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus Endophthalmitis After Cataract Surgery With Intraocular Vancomycin

We studied a case of postoperative coagulase-negative Staphylococcus endophthalmitis in a 79-year-old man who had undergone cataract extraction in which vancomycin had been used intraoperatively in the infusion fluid. The medical records were reviewed for the clinical history, ocular findings, and the vitreous and anterior chamber culture results. Acute, postoperative coagulase-negative Staphylococcus endophthalmitis developed in the patient in whom vancomycin had been used intraoperatively in the infusion fluid. Restraint is urged in the prophylactic use of vancomycin in the infusion fluids.