...Maya Finkelstein; Gabriel Katz; Dinah Zur; Alexander Rubowitz; Elad Moisseiev Purpose: This study aimed to compare the risk for post-injection endophthalmitis between different anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) agents and syringe preparation techniques. Methods: A retrospective study...

... or vision better than LP. Results: The following risk factors were significantly related to initial NLP: severe intraocular hemorrhage (OR 3.287, p = 0.015), retinal detachment (RD; OR 2.527, p = 0.007), choroidal damage (OR 2.680, p = 0.016), and endophthalmitis (OR 4.221, p < 0.001). Choroidal damage...

...Vivek Pravin Dave; Avinash Pathengay; Kumar Nishant; Venkata Shubakar Reddy; Rajeev Reddy Pappuru; Taraprasad Das Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the management outcome of endophthalmitis with and without the use of topical antibiotics. Methods: A retrospective comparative chart...

... number of bilateral injection sessions per patient was 18.7 ± 14.1. Ranibizumab was the most commonly used anti-VEGF drug (83.8%). The incidence of endophthalmitis was 0.01%, and there were 2 episodes of acute intraocular inflammation among the 9,798 injections (0.02%). All 3 cases occurred after...

...; Małgorzata Ozimek; Anna Sala-Puigdollers; Matus Rehak; Anat Loewenstein; Dinah Zur; for the International Retina Group (IRG) Purpose: The main objective of this study was to investigate the microbiological spectrum of endophthalmitis after anti-VEGF injections and to compare streptococcal with non...

...Søren Solborg Bjerrum; Hassan Hamoudi; Alice Friis-Møller; Morten la Cour Purpose: To study the clinical and microbiological spectrum of endophthalmitis with emphasis on clinical features, visual outcomes and risks of surgical complications. Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted...

...N.E.D. Hoevenaars; D. Gans; T. Missotten; J. van Rooij; E. Lesaffre; J.C. van Meurs Aim: To report an up-to-date overview of all patients reported in the literature with suspected bacterial endophthalmitis following anti-VEGF injection. Secondly, to identify specific symptoms and signs...

...Maiko Inoue; Shinichiro Kobayakawa; Chie Sotozono; Hideki Komori; Kumiko Tanaka; Yuzo Suda; Hiroyuki Matsushima; Shigeru Kinoshita; Tadashi Senoo; Tetsuo Tochikubo; Kazuaki Kadonosono Aims: To report the incidence of infectious and noninfectious endophthalmitis after intravitreal injection of anti...

... of endophthalmitis. The strain belonged to the ATCC collection ( A. niger ATCC 16404). The samples tested were: (a) perfluorocarbons: perfluorodecalin and perfluoroctane, (b) silicone oils: Siloil 1,000 and Siloil 5,000, and (c) balanced salt solutions: BSS and BSS Plus. The experiment consisted in inoculating...

...Yan Guex-Crosier; Jean-Philippe Chave; Carl P. Herbort We report a case of Candida albicans endophthalmitis occurring after an uneventful pregnancy that was cured with oral fluconazole therapy. 27 11 1992 8 12 1992 1 4 2010 © 1993 S. Karger AG, Basel 1993 Copyright / Drug...

...H. Verbraeken Despite many advances in microsurgery, asepsis, antibiotics and intraocular lenses, postoperative endophthalmitis continues to be responsibe for the loss of many eyes. In a series of 153 cases of endophthalmitis with a positive culture, 115 occurred after ophthalmic surgery. Eyes...

...Michel Algan; Benoît Jonon; Jean Luc George; Claudine Lion; Michêle Kessler; Jean Claude Burdin Endophthalmitis due to Listeria monocytogenes developed suddenly in a 52-year-old man receiving immunosuppressive therapy for a renal transplantation carried out 2 months previously. The treatment...

...H. Verbraeken; M. Rysselaere 92 cases of proven infectious endophthalmitis underwent pars plana vitrectomy first to identify the responsible agent and directing the antibiotherapy, second to remove the absces and third to make room for intravitreal injection of antibiotics. A wide spectrum...

...H. Verbraeken; J. van Laethem Two series of patients with endophthalmitis were compared. In the group treated with antibiotics or fungistatics, only 1 eye (4.3%) could be salvaged, whereas in the group with pars plana vitrectomy and antibiotics or fungistatics, 7 eyes (33%) had adequate visual...

...Leila Laatikainen; Ahti Tarkkanen In 1985, postoperative purulent endophthalmitis (PPE) was diagnosed in 8 eyes (severe in 5 and presumed in 3 eyes). All were treated with paraocular injections of cefotaxime, gentamicin and triamcinolone with or without the same antibiotics by intraocular...

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...H. Verbraeken; B. Geeroms; A. Karemera Between 1976 and 1985 81 cases of endophthalmitis have been treated by pars plana vitrectomy, and intravitreous injection of antibiotics or antimycotics. The functional results and the etiology of the endophthalmitis are discussed, as well as the reasons...

...Chang-Sue Yang; Chao-Kung Lu; Fenq-Lih Lee; Wen-Ming Hsu; Yi-Fen Lee; Shui-Mei Lee Purpose: Our aim was to evaluate the incidence, risk factors, pathogens, use of systemic and intravitreal antibiotics, and outcome of traumatic endophthalmitis after open globe injury with retained intraocular...

...Hidemasa Torii; Hiroshi Miyata; Eiko Sugisaka; Yuho Ichikawa; Kei Shinoda; Makoto Inoue Aim: To present a patient who developed bilateral endogenous endophthalmitis secondary to Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis. Methods: A 44-year-old man who was unconscious because of bacterial meningitis...

...Ilker Eser; Ziya Kapran; Tugrul Altan; Meltem Ozel Karatas; Derya Aydin; Eda Okaygun; Omer Faruk Yilmaz Purpose: To investigate the spectrum of organisms causing endophthalmitis and their sensitivity to commonly used antimicrobial agents. Methods: Medical records of 80 consecutive patients treated...