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15 - Endophthalmitis

from Part III - Clinical Syndromes – Eye

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2013

Roy D. Brod
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State School of Medicine
Harry W. Flynn Jr.
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State School of Medicine
David Schlossberg
Affiliation:
Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia
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INTRODUCTION

Endophthalmitis is a vision-threatening inflammation of the inner eye fluids and tissues. Infectious endophthalmitis results from either exogenous or endogenous entry of microbes into the eye. In reported clinical series, exogenous endophthalmitis is much more common than endogenous (or metastatic) endophthalmitis. By far, the most common cause of exogenous infection is intraocular surgery. Because cataract surgery is the most frequently performed type of intraocular surgery, it accounts for the greatest number of exogenous endophthalmitis cases. Exogenous endophthalmitis can also occur after other types of intraocular surgery, including secondary lens implantation, glaucoma filtering surgery, vitrectomy surgery, and corneal transplantation. Organisms may also enter the eye during penetrating trauma, intraocular injection of medication, and contiguous spread into the eye from an infected corneal ulcer. Gram-positive bacteria are the most common cause of exogenous endophthalmitis.

INCIDENCE

Postoperative endophthalmitis cases from the University of Miami (Bascom Palmer Eye Institute) over a 5-year period (January 2000 to December 2004) demonstrated the incidence of nosocomial endophthalmitis after cataract surgery to be 0.04%. Endophthalmitis occurs after penetrating trauma in 3% to 30% of patients depending on the nature of the injury. The rate of development of Candida endogenous endophthalmitis in patients with documented candidemia has been reported to range from 2.8% to 45%.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2008

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