Address correspondence to: Armando L. Oliver, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, PO BOX 365067, San Juan, PR 00966. Email: [email protected] Objective: To analyze positive vitreous cultures and their respective antibiotic sensitivities in patients with endophthalmitis in Puerto Rico. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of vitr...

BACKGROUND The purpose of the current study was to report the microbiology, risk factors, and treatment outcomes in patients with delayed-onset endophthalmitis associated with corneal suture infections. For this retrospective consecutive case series, a search of the ocular microbiology department database was performed to identify all patients with positive corneal and intraocular cultures (ant...

Nocardia is a rare cause of delayed onset postoperative endophthalmitis after cataract surgery and it usually carries a guarded visual prognosis. Purpose. To highlight the clinical presentation, microbiological profile, and treatment outcome in a case of nocardial endophthalmitis after manual small incision cataract surgery. Methods. This case report highlights the typical features of Nocardia ...

purpose: to report a case of endogenous klebsiella endophthalmitis associated with liver abscess in iran. case report: a 79 year old man was referred with chief complaint of left eye pain and visual loss. the patient had conjunctival hyperemia, corneal edema, hypopyon and severe vitreous cellular reaction in the left eye and yellowish conjunctival discoloration which was apparent in the right e...

A vitrectomy specimen obtained with the roto-extractor from a diabetic patient with vitreous haemorrhage revealed fungal endophthalmitis on microscopical examination. Endophthalmitis was not suspected before the procedure. Extensive medical examinations failed to reveal any evidence of systemic fungal disease. The case exemplifies endogenous mycotic endophthalmitis of occult origin, the first o...

Endophthalmitis is a sight threatening inflammatory disorder of the eye which affects uveal tissue, retina, vitreous, anterior chamber and posterior chamber. It occurs as result endogenous or exogenous spread infecting organisms to eye. The most commonly seen form endophthalmitis are post-operative infection following intra ocular surgery complication perforated injury infected corneal ulcer. O...

PURPOSE To evaluate the clinical and economic impact of prophylactic administration of intracameral cefuroxime on cataract surgery. SETTING Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain. DESIGN Quasi-experimental study with before and after analysis. METHODS The evolution of the cumulative incidence of endophthalmitis before and after (October 2005) administration of intracamer...

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Postoperative fungal endophthalmitis is a rare but devastating complication of cataract surgery. Vitrectomy and intravitreal amphotericin B injection as well as administration of systemic antifungal agents have been suggested as optimal treatments for fungal endophthalmitis. However, this therapy may fail to eliminate fungal species resistant to current antifungal agents. The saprophytic fungus...

PURPOSE To identify risk factors and describe the effects of antibiotic prophylaxis on the incidence of postoperative endophthalmitis after cataract surgery based on analysis of the findings of the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) multicenter study. SETTING Twenty-four ophthalmology units in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, and the U...