Ocular Bacterial Infections: A Ten-Year Survey and Review of Causative Organisms Based on the Oklahoma Experience

Ocular infections can be medical emergencies that result in permanent visual impairment or blindness and loss of quality life. Bacteria are a major cause ocular infections. Effective treatment requires knowledge which bacteria the likely infection. This survey bacterial isolates review pathogens is based on collection banked over ten-year span at Dean McGee Eye Institute Oklahoma. These findings illustrate diversity isolated from eye, ranging common species to rare unique species. At all sampled sites, staphylococci were predominant isolated. Pseudomonads most Gram-negative isolate, except vitreous, where Serratia was isolate. Here, we discuss range these have been documented options for Although highly diverse spectrum has majority caused by Gram-positive species, infections, empiric treatments effective.