PURPOSE To report the causative organisms, management strategies, and visual outcomes in endogenous fungal endophthalmitis. DESIGN Observational case series. METHODS Microbiologic and medical records were reviewed retrospectively for all patients with culture-positive endogenous fungal endophthalmitis between January 1, 1990, and July 1, 2009. RESULTS Study criteria were met in 65 eyes of...

Bacterial endophthalmitis is endogenous in 2-6% of cases and is frequently misdiagnosed initially. Klebsiella pneumoniae is being increasingly recognised as an aggressive causative organism, and it is particularly prevalent in Asian populations. We describe the case of a 71-year-old female of Southeast Asian origin with type 2 diabetes mellitus who presented with visual loss secondary to bacter...

Purpose. We investigated acute endophthalmitis incidence following cataract surgery vis-a-vis the current technological and postoperative care changes in higher and lower socioeconomic categories of patients in South India. Methods. In a retrospective case control study, we analyzed 62 cases of acute endophthalmitis and 5 controls for each endophthalmitis case from 46,095 cataract surgeries don...

PURPOSE To report the clinical features, causative organisms, and visual acuity outcomes associated with endophthalmitis after clear corneal cataract surgery and to compare outcomes with those of the Endophthalmitis Vitrectomy Study (EVS). DESIGN Retrospective consecutive case series. PARTICIPANTS The study included 73 eyes of 73 patients, mean age 76 years (range, 48-94 years), with endoph...

Background: Post-operative endophthalmitis remains one of the most visually devastating complications of cataract surgery. Cluster endophthalmitis is defi ned as fi ve or more cases of endophthalmitis occurring on a particular day in a single operating room in one centre. Excessive infl ammation, particularly in the early post-operative phase, should be regarded as infective endophthalmitis. Ea...

Pseudo-phakic pupillary block glaucoma in postoperative period may mimic acute endophthalmitis. This article illustrates how clinical differentiation of pseudo-phakic pupillary block glaucoma from postoperative acute endophthalmitis was done as ultrasonography produced confusing results.

Three cases of pseudomonas endophthalmitis associated with scleral necrosis 3 to 10 years after pterygium excision and beta irradiation are described. The value of prophylactic repair of radiation-induced scleral necrosis and early aggressive management of pseudomonas endophthalmitis are emphasized.

Sterile endophthalmitis appears as an infrequent complication of intravitreal injections and seems to develop mainly in the context of the off-label use of drugs that have not been conceived for intravitreous administration. The aetiology of sterile endophthalmitis, independently of the administered drug, remains uncertain and a multifactorial origin cannot be discarded. Sterile inflammation se...

BACKGROUND Endophthalmitis, which can occur after ophthalmic surgery, is an inflammation of the intraocular cavity and causes temporary or permanent vision impairment. However, little is known about the cost of treatment. The objective of this analysis was to update and expand upon the results of a previously published report that estimated the direct medical cost of treatment for endophthalmit...

We report two cases of postoperative Alcaligenes xylosoxidans endophthalmitis. A 78-year-old woman in good general health developed A. xylosoxidans endophthalmitis one month after an uncomplicated phacoemulsification procedure with posterior chamber intraocular lens. It was performed on her left eye, at another institution. Removal of the intraocular lens and capsule was performed because of re...