ALLMedicine™ Bacterial Endophthalmitis Center

Dec 15th, 2022 - Despite an important link between the gut and ocular health, the role of the gut-eye axis remains elusive in ocular infections. In this study, we investigated the role of butyrate, a gut microbial metabolite, in the pathobiology of intraocular bac...

Jul 13th, 2022 - Bacterial endophthalmitis constitutes a medical emergency due to the possibility of leading to blindness unless treatment is administered quickly. The usual treatment seeks to cover both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria by intravitreal inj...

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...

Aug 20th, 2018 - Study design and populations: The current clinical trial included a total 1000 patients with visually significant cataract scheduled to have phacoemulsification surgery at an Eye specialty private hospital in Baghdad /Iraq during 18 months period ...

Jul 2nd, 2017 - The use of intravitreal injections of corticosteroid (triamcinolone acetonide) appears to be a promising treatment for a variety of ocular diseases associated with inflammation. To date, the only drug available, 'Kenalog-40 Injection' produced by ...

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...

Sep 17th, 2009 - Endophthalmitis is a serious ocular infection that can result in blindness. Approximately 70 percent of cases occur as a direct complication of intraocular surgery. Current management requires culture of intraocular contents and administration of ...

Oct 20th, 2008 - Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of combined intraocular injection of gentamycin and clindamycin in prevention of acute posttraumatic bacterial endophthalmitis (APBE) following penetrating eye injuries. Design: Multicenter, randomized, double mas...

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...