ALLMedicine™ Bacterial Endophthalmitis Center

May 12th, 2022 - A man in mid-50s presented with progressive blurred vision in his left eye for over 6 weeks. He was a known diabetic with history of COVID-19 pneumonia treated with steroids and remdesivir. He had pyelonephritis and urinary culture grown Klebsiell...

Apr 12th, 2022 - Staphylococcal endophthalmitis is one of the leading causes of blindness following ocular surgery and trauma. Dysregulated inflammation during bacterial endophthalmitis causes host-induced inflammatory damage and vision loss if it remains unchecke...

Feb 25th, 2022 - To assess the diagnostic utility of (1→3)-β-D-glucan (BDG) in ocular fluid of patients with fungal endophthalmitis. This prospective pilot single-center study evaluated aqueous and vitreous humor BDG levels of suspected fungal endophthalmitis, bac...

Dec 1st, 2021 - To assess the effectiveness of current antiseptic agents on multidrug-resistant (MDR) isolates in an in vitro setting. Department of Microbiology, The National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. Organisms were selected based on current review of...

Nov 2nd, 2021 - Endophthamitis following intraocular surgery is rare using current antiseptic techniques, such as single application of 5% povidone-iodine to the ocular surface and adjuvant topical or intracameral antibiotics. Challenges remain, however, includin...

Sep 5th, 2013 - Bacterial endophthalmitis is a rare but devastating complication of intraocular surgery. Given the devastating ocular sequelae of endophthalmitis, one cannot underestimate the need to develop a sterilization strategy which most effectively prevent...

Oct 28th, 2014 - Hypertensive Phase and Early Complications After Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Implantation With Intraoperative Subtenon Triamcinolone Acetonide Turalba AV, Pasquale LR Clin Ophthalmol. 2014;8:1311-1316 Study Summary This study was a retrospective comparat...