Endogenous Vancomycin-Resistantenterococcus Gallinarumendophthalmitis In Hematologic Malignancy

Patients with hematologic malignancy are immunocompromised either due to the underlying disease or from chemotherapy, resulting in an increased risk for opportunistic infections. Neutropenic patients with vancomycin-resistantEnterococcicolonization are at risk of bacteremia with rare endogenous dissemination, which can result in hematogenous spread to the eye. We describe a patient with a hematologic malignancy with treatment-related neutropenia who developed endogenous vancomycin-resistantEnterococcus gallinarumendophthalmitis along with a review of the literature related to this case.