DOS Times Vol. 12, No. 9 March, 2007 Endophthalmitis is one of the most vision threatening complication in Ophthalmology. Endophthalmitis refers to inflammatory response caused by infected intraocular tissues/ fluids. The frequency of Endophthalmitis after cataract surgery and trauma varies from 0.07 0.13% and 2.417% respectively in the various reported series.1 Majority of these infections are...

PURPOSE To study the use of prophylactic fourth-generation fluoroquinolone antibiotics, gatifloxacin and moxifloxacin, and bacterial sensitivity in cases of acute postoperative endophthalmitis following cataract surgery. DESIGN Retrospective, consecutive, observational case series. METHODS Forty-two eyes of 42 patients with acute endophthalmitis occurring within six weeks after cataract sur...

Endophthalmitis is a severe form of intraocular inflammation which caused by bacteria or fungi. It medical emergency with an imminent threat to vision and permanent structural functional complications. The condition affects the anterior posterior segments eye. may be either exogenous – following penetrating trauma surgery, endogenous, in pathogens enter eye hematogenous. diagnosis based on clin...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the microbiological spectrum and antimicrobial susceptibility of isolates in delayed post-cataract surgery endophthalmitis. A retrospective review of 33 consecutive patients with culture proven delayed post-cataract surgery endophthalmitis was done from January 2006 to March 2013. There were 22 bacterial and eleven fungal cases. Common isolates were S...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to evaluate the microbiological profile and treatment outcomes of vancomycin-resistant Gram-positive bacterial endophthalmitis. Medical records of all patients with Gram-positive bacterial endophthalmitis resistant to vancomycin presenting between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2010 were reviewed in this noncomparative, consecutive, retrospective case ser...

PURPOSE To describe the microbiological profile and clinical outcome in the eyes with culture-proven exogenous endophthalmitis. METHODS A retrospective analysis of 495 eyes diagnosed as exogenous endophthalmitis was performed over a period of 10 years. In all, aseptically collected aqueous and vitreous aspirates were cultured for bacteria and fungus using standard microbiological techniques. ...

OBJECTIVES Recent reports of high endophthalmitis rates after intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide injection have raised concerns about the safety of this treatment. We sought to evaluate the effect of intravitreal triamcinolone injection on (1) the susceptibility to experimental bacterial endophthalmitis and (2) the subsequent therapeutic response to antibiotic treatment. DESIGN For the susc...