PURPOSE To evaluate unexpected, acute intraocular anterior segment inflammation following uneventful cataract extraction by phacoemulsification and foldable posterior chamber intraocular lens (PCIOL) implantation. METHODS This retrospective study evaluated five cases of postoperative inflammation that occurred after cataract extraction with foldable PCIOL implantation. Medical records were re...

Purpose Bacterial sepsis is a common consequence of many infectious processes. Here, we describe a case of a woman with a corneal ulcer who went on to develop group B streptococcal (GBS) endophthalmitis, bacteremia, and eventual loss of the eye. Observations A previously healthy, immunocompetent, middle aged, contact lens wearing female who, after freshwater boating in her contact lenses, dev...

purpose: to assess the relative frequencies of etiologies leading to eye removal in patients who referred to feiz hospital, isfahan, between 2011 and 2014. methods: this retrospective study was conducted on patients who underwent eye removal at feiz hospital. age, sex, eye laterality, underlying etiology, visual acuity, and surgical technique (enucleation, evisceration, or exenteration) were re...

purpose: to investigate etiological factors of endophthalmitis in farabi eye hospital . methods: in a retrospective study, the clinical records of 223 patients admitted to the hospital with final diagnosis of endophthalmitis between march 2002 and march 2004 were reviewed. analyzed factors included: age, sex, clinical presentation, clinical course, microbiological data, treatment modality, visu...

Acinetobacter baumannii is most often responsible for hospital-acquired infections and is occasionally associated with community-acquired infections. We report two cases of A. baumannii endophthalmitis, one with endogenous endophthalmitis and the other with postkeratoplasty endophthalmitis. Although endophthalmitis is rare, ophthalmologists should be alert to the possibility of patients having ...

Endogenous endophthalmitis accounts for 2% to 8% of cases of endophthalmitis. Immunocompromised state and intravenous drug use are the 2 most common causes of endogenous endophthalmitis due to molds fungi. Aspergillus, Fusarium, and Scedosporium are the common organisms in mold endophthalmitis. We report a case of Fusarium endophthalmitis in a patient with uncontrolled diabetes. While diabetes ...

ocular surface because of the absence of scleral flaps and are more likely to erode through the conjunctiva. Even a microscopic break in the overlying conjunctiva could result in bacterial contamination. It would be worthwhile to compare the incidence of endophthalmitis and suture exposure over the long term with the authors’ technique and the scleral flap method. Ajay Singh, MD Jay M. Stewart,...