Fig. 1.1 Clinical classification of endophthalmitis Some of the definitions frequently used in endophthalmitis are listed in Table 1.1. Table 1.1 Definitions of endophthalmitis Category Name Comments Time [4] Acute…
Association Ocular General Strong Thin and cystic bleb with late-onset bleb leak Midrange Inferior or nasal bleb, intraoperative MMC usage, conjunctivitis, blepharitis, trabeculectomy alone compared to combined procedure, chronic antibiotic…
Author Period Aetiology Location No. Organism Kenchappa et al. [11] Jun 2003 Phacoprobe and internal tubings of phacoemulsification machine Hyderabad, South India 9 Eyes Pseudomonas aeruginosa Malhotra et al. [12]…
Study eye Control eye Core vitrectomy Intravitreal antibioticsa Intravitreal dexamethasoneb Core vitrectomy Intravitreal antibioticsa aAmikacin 400 μg + vancomycin 1.0 mg, each in 0.1 ml bDexamethasone phosphate 400 μg in 0.1 ml Inflammation Scoring (Table…
Study type Study method Suite A Suite B Retrospective comparative Phase 1. n = 10,608 Jan 1988–Mar 1989 Preoperative conjunctival topical application of Argyrol (n = 4547) Preoperative conjunctival topical application of Argyrol (n = 6101)…
Design Purpose Explanatory Designed to answer a simple question: does the intervention work? If yes, how does it work? Pragmatic Designed to determine if the intervention works and also describes…
Inclusion criteria Exclusion criteria Visual acuity—light perception (LP) or better and worse than 36 letters in the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) acuity chart placed at 4 m (equivalent…
Fig. 9.1 Anterior segment picture of right eye of a case of posttraumatic chronic endophthalmitis following fishhook injury. Note a self-sealed sclera perforation temporally and blood tinged organized exudates in…
Fig. 20.1 Gram stain of vitreous aspirate showing multiple neutrophils along with Gram-positive thick bacilli (intracellular [left] and extracellular [right]) in oil immersion field (×1000)—bamboo stick appearance The Bacillus cereus…
Study (year) Country Infection MSSA% (N) MRSA% (N) HA-MRSA CA-MRSA EVS group 1990 [17] USA Endophthalmitis 7.4 (24/323 isolates) 1.9 (6/323 isolates) na na Freidlin et al. 2007 [16] USA…
