Postoperative endophthalmitis is one of the most feared complications for ophthalmologists, and number infections after intraocular procedures have been increasing. Nonetheless, a prompt intervention can result in recovery vision. In past, cataract surgery was accountable majority cases but becoming less frequent due to progress surgical techniques demographic developments with steadily increas...

PURPOSE To report the first case to our knowledge of intravitreal daptomycin used to successfully treat culture-negative vancomycin resistant to exogenous endophthalmitis. METHODS Case report with preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative findings. RESULTS A 63-year-old Caucasian male underwent routine pars plana vitrectomy with epiretinal membrane peeling. He developed acute postoper...

We aimed at reporting the first case of rapidly progressive acute postoperative endophthalmitis after phacoemulsification cataract surgery in an immunocompetent patient caused by Rothia mucilaginosa. An immunocompetent patient manifested endophthalmitis signs 48 hours after an uncomplicated cataract surgery by phacoemulsification. A bacteria of the family Micrococcaceae was cultured in the vitr...

Endophthalmitis is a rare complication, potentially the most devastating, of intraocular surgery or trauma.Despite major advances in asepsis, surgical technique and antibiotic therapy, it remains a major concern for any ocular surgeon. Its prevention by meticulous clinical evaluation of preoperative risk factors, accurate surgical procedure, preand peroperative antibiotic prophylaxis is one of ...

Chronic postoperative endophthalmitis (CPE) is a delayed infectious intraocular inflammation process that occurs more than six weeks after ocular surgery and frequently masquerades as autoimmune uveitis. These cases are at risk of delayed diagnosis and erroneous long-term treatment with corticosteroids. This paper aims to review the epidemiology, microbiology, clinical characteristics, diagnosi...

We present a case of Aspergillus fumigatus endophthalmitis complicated by necrotizing scleritis in a 68-year-old man with diet-controlled diabetes, after retinal detachment repair. He was initially treated with systemic steroids for surgically induced necrotizing scleritis following routine pars plana vitrectomy. An additional diagnosis of endophthalmitis was made when the patient developed a h...