Comment on “Intravitreal Ampicillin Sodium for Antibiotic-Resistant Endophthalmitis:Streptococcus uberisFirst Human Intraocular Infection Report”

Misidentification of Streptococcus uberis as a Human Pathogen: A Case Report and Literature Review

“…14 However, few data provide support for this hypothesis, and in many cases the tests used for the identification of S. uberis in humans have been debated. 1,3 Additionally, S. uberis in combination with other bacteria was used as a probiotic in a clinical trial aimed at contrasting the growth of periodontal pathogens. The results as well as a toxicity study conducted in rats revealed no adverse-effect of the probiotic mouthwash by daily usage, which on the other hand contributed to maintaining both dental and periodontal health.…”

“…17 Velez-Montoya reported a postoperative endophthalmitis caused by S. uberis that was resistant to the majority of the latest generation of antibiotics however, the method used for the identification was not mentioned and the reliability of the recognition was questioned. 1,3 Recently, Gü len and collaborators identified S. uberis from urine samples of seven of 148 patients by phenotypic methods. 18 The common feature of all cases of human infection supposedly caused by S. uberis is that the detection was obtained by phenotypic bacterial identification systems.…”