Studies to determine the usefulness of the zinc clearance test to diagnose marginal zinc deficiency and the effects of oral zinc supplementation for short children

Endogenous or metastatic bacterial endophthalmitis is a severe, sight-threatening infection of the vitreous humor that is only rarely due to Serratia marcescens. We report the case of a hemodialysis-dependent diabetic patient who had endogenous endophthalmitis of the right eye due to S marcescens, presumably from an infected dialysis catheter. The patient had total visual loss in the affected eye, which required enucleation.