This may be the grossest eye pic ever—but the cause is what’s truly horrifying
Summary
Ars Technica reports on a rare hvKP infection presenting with endophthalmitis and multi-organ involvement, described in a New England Journal of Medicine case. The piece explains how hvKP can cause metastatic infection, the diagnostic role of the string test and virulence gene markers, and documents a nine-month antibiotic treatment that ultimately saved other organs but led to removal of the eye. It also situates hvKP as a growing global concern with resistance risks.