Panophthalmitis after a Blood Transfusion : Responsible Organism Bacillus Cereus

Abstract

In these cases the organism had an exogenous origin and entered the eye through a perforating wound or post-operatively. Davenport and Smith (1952) suggest that many cases of panophthalmitis said to be due to B. subtilis may in fact be due to B. cereus; they describe a case con- sidered to be due to this organism entering the eye with an intra-ocular foreign body.