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In cases of keratitis and conjunctivitis, Moraxella nonliquefaciens is not commonly isolated from the ocular surface. We present a case of a diabetic patient who developed late-onset bleb-related endophthalmitis caused by M. nonliquefaciens 4 years after glaucoma filtering surgery. Within one day, the patient presented with an acutely fulminant course with sudden visual loss, redness, and ocular pain. Appropriate antibiotic treatment and early vitrectomy resulted in a favorable final visual acuity of 20\/100, which was his vision prior to infection. The use of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization\u2013Time of Flight Mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) enabled the rapid identification of the organism. Endophthalmitis caused by M. nonliquefaciens should be considered in patients who underwent glaucoma filtering surgery with antifibrotic agents.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/antibiotics12030607","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,20]],"date-time":"2023-03-20T04:33:31Z","timestamp":1679286811000},"page":"607","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Late-Onset Bleb-Related Endophthalmitis Caused by Moraxella nonliquefaciens: A Case Report"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Su-Chin","family":"Shen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan"},{"name":"College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4994-8391","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kuan-Jen","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan"},{"name":"College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"964","DOI":"10.1016\/S0161-6420(85)33947-7","article-title":"Late onset endophthalmitis associated with filtering blebs","volume":"92","author":"Mandelbaum","year":"1985","journal-title":"Ophthalmology"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2532","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ophtha.2013.07.049","article-title":"Trabeculectomy in the 21st century: A multicenter analysis","volume":"120","author":"Kirwan","year":"2013","journal-title":"Ophthalmology"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"597","DOI":"10.1128\/CMR.00113-16","article-title":"Bacterial and Fungal Endophthalmitis","volume":"30","author":"Durand","year":"2017","journal-title":"Clin. 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