Microbiologic spectrum and susceptibility of isolates: Part II. Posttraumatic endophthalmitis

Kunimoto, Derek; Das, Taraprasad; Sharma, Savitri; Jalali, Subhadra; Majji, Ajit B; Gopinathan, Usha; Athmanathan, Sreedharan; Rao, Tata

doi:10.1016/s0002-9394(99)00113-0

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“…Most published articles show a predominance of gram-positive microorganisms, ranging from 63 to 86%. [13][14][15] In a previous report from our laboratory (2000-2005), gram-positive bacteria comprised 79% of the culture-proven endophthalmitis isolates. 3 In our present and previous analyses, CoNS, Streptococcus viridans, and Staphylococcus aureus were the three most common bacteria in a descending order.…”

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Microbial profile and antibiotic susceptibility of culture-positive bacterial endophthalmitis

Melo

Bispo

et al. 2011

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Microbial profile and antibiotic susceptibility of culture-positive bacterial endophthalmitis

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Bispo

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“…Davey et al 26 have reported far less cases of fungal infection, but found bacillus species as increasingly major causes of posttraumatic ocular diseases. Other studies 18,27 also found the bacillus species to be the most important cause of posttraumatic endophthalmitis.…”

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Endophthalmitis: Magnitude, treatment and visual outcome in northwest frontier province of Pakistan

Wade

Khan

2009

Ann Afr Med

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Background Many cases of post-operative and posttraumatic endophthalmitis are being managed at the Khyber Institute of Ophthalmic Medical Sciences, Peshawar in Pakistan but no study has been done to ascertain the magnitude of the disease and to also evaluate the visual outcome after management. Methods The case notes of 39 patients diagnosed with posttraumatic and postoperative endophthalmitis between May 2006 and April 2007 were analyzed and clinical characteristics obtained were documented and tabulated Results During the study period, 2474 patients were admitted in both the male and female wards. Of these, 39 (1.6%) had endophthalmitis due to surgical and traumatic complications. In all, 6 (12.4%) patients had evisceration, while 21 (53.8%) patients who had topical antibiotics consisting of ofloxacin, 0.1% corticosteroids, fortified cetazoline and 1% atropine along with intravitreal antibiotics, a combination of 0.1mg vancomycin and 0.4mg amikacin, were discharged home with a visual acuity of counting fingers to light perception. Conclusion Endophthalmitis is a serious ocular complication of open globe injury and intraocular surgery. The frequency in this center has been noted to be very high as compared to other places. Its management is very challenging and often leads to devastating structural and functional damage to the eye; causing severe frustration to both the patient and the attending physician. Efforts must be made to prevent the condition.

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“…S. aureus conjunctivitis can become chronic due to its affinity for the eyelid margin and the resultant blepharitis. Coagulase negative staphylococci (CoNS), characteristically the endogenous flora of the ocular surface, are most of the common cause of postoperative endophthalmitis world over (Callegan et al, 2002;Kunimoto et al, 1999a, Benz et al, 2004, Wong and Chee, 2004. CoNS also rank first among bacteria causing posttraumatic endophthalmitis of which 45.3% isolates belong to gram positive cocci and 17.3% of these were belong to gram positive bacilli (Kunimoto et al, 1999b).…”

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Staphylococcal Infection, Antibiotic Resistance and Therapeutics

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Panda²,

Sharma³

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Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria - A Continuous Challenge in the New Millennium

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Microbiologic spectrum and susceptibility of isolates: Part II. Posttraumatic endophthalmitis

Cited by 175 publications

References 6 publications

Microbial profile and antibiotic susceptibility of culture-positive bacterial endophthalmitis

Microbial profile and antibiotic susceptibility of culture-positive bacterial endophthalmitis

Endophthalmitis: Magnitude, treatment and visual outcome in northwest frontier province of Pakistan

Staphylococcal Infection, Antibiotic Resistance and Therapeutics

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