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Outbreak of Postoperative Endophthalmitis in a Thai Tertiary Care Center

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Anucha Apisarnthanarak ,
Supanee Jirajariyavej ,
Kanokporn Thongphubeth ,
Chananart Yuekyen ,
David K. Warren  and
Victoria J. Fraser
Anucha Apisarnthanarak*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control Unit, Thammasat University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand
Supanee Jirajariyavej
Affiliation:
Internal Medicine Unit, Taksin Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
Kanokporn Thongphubeth
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control Unit, Thammasat University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand
David K. Warren
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Victoria J. Fraser
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
*
Division of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control Unit, Thammasat University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand12120 ([email protected])
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Abstract

We performed a study with a 1:3 ratio of case patients (n = 11) to control patients (n = 33) to evaluate risk factors for postoperative endophthalmitis in a Thai tertiary care center. Multivariate analysis revealed that diabetes mellitus and surgeon A were associated risk factors. Preoperative diabetes mellitus control and the improvement of infection control practices led to the termination of the outbreak.

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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 6 , June 2008 , pp. 564 - 566
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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