Endophthalmitis - Epidemiology
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Incidence, clinical features, causative organisms, and visual outcomes of delayed-onset pseudophakic endophthalmitis.

30 Aug 2009 PURPOSE: To report the incidence, clinical features, causative organisms, and visual outcomes associated with delayed-onset pseudophakic endophthalmitis. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the clinical records and microbiology files of all ... Read more...

Characteristics of endophthalmitis in patients with the Boston keratoprosthesis.

30 Aug 2009 PURPOSE: To determine the characteristics of endophthalmitis in patients with the Boston keratoprosthesis. METHODS: Retrospective chart review of 4 out of 35 patients who underwent implantation of the Boston keratoprosthesis on the Wills Eye Cornea ... Read more...

Successful prevention of bacterial endophthalmitis in eyes with the Boston keratoprosthesis.

30 Aug 2009 PURPOSE: To determine the influence of topical vancomycin prophylaxis on the incidence of bacterial endophthalmitis in eyes with a Boston Keratoprosthesis (KPro). METHODS: A retrospective chart review was performed for 255 eyes of 231 patients who ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Endophthalmitis - Epidemiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Incidence, clinical features, causative organisms, and visual outcomes of delayed-onset pseudophakic endophthalmitis. 30 Aug 2009
• Characteristics of endophthalmitis in patients with the Boston keratoprosthesis. 30 Aug 2009
• Successful prevention of bacterial endophthalmitis in eyes with the Boston keratoprosthesis. 30 Aug 2009
• Endophthalmitis after pars plana vitrectomy a 20- and 25-gauge comparison. 29 Jun 2009
• Incidence of postoperative endophthalmitis in a high-volume cataract surgicentre in Canada. 30 May 2009
• Late-onset bleb infections: prevalence and risk factors. 30 May 2009
• Prognostic indicators of open globe injuries in children. 30 May 2009
• An outbreak of postoperative gram-negative bacterial endophthalmitis associated with contaminated trypan blue ophthalmic solution. 30 May 2009
• Association between tamsulosin and serious ophthalmic adverse events in older men following cataract surgery. 18 May 2009
• [Ophthalmoscopic surveillance in treated patients with invasive Candida disease] 5 May 2009
• The article by Fintak et al on the incidence of endophthalmitis related to intravitreal injection of bevacizumab and ranibizumab. 29 Apr 2009
• Endophthalmitis rates after implantation of the intraocular Collamer lens: survey of users between 1998 and 2006. 30 Mar 2009
• Incidence of post-cataract endophthalmitis at Aravind Eye Hospital: outcomes of more than 42,000 consecutive cases using standardized sterilization and prophylaxis protocols. 30 Mar 2009
• Post-cataract endophthalmitis: can we do better? 30 Mar 2009
• Endophthalmitis after open globe injuries. 30 Mar 2009
• Incidence of endophthalmitis in a large series of 23-gauge and 20-gauge transconjunctival pars plana vitrectomy. 10 Mar 2009
• [Prophylaxis of postoperative endophthalmitis with intracameral cefuroxime: a five years' experience] 30 Jan 2009
• Fluoroquinolones and postoperative endophthalmitis. 30 Jan 2009
• Fluoroquinolones and postoperative endophthalmitis. 30 Jan 2009
• Low rate of endophthalmitis in a large series of open globe injuries. 30 Jan 2009

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Technical information about 'Endophthalmitis'

Definition: Suppurative inflammation of the tissues of the internal structures of the eye; not all layers of the uvea are affected. Fungi, necrosis of intraocular tumors, and retained intraocular foreign bodies often cause a purulent endophthalmitis.

Descriptor UI: D009877

Alternative terms: Endophthalmitis; Endophthalmitides; Ophthalmia; Ophthalmias;

Related Mesh Headings: Panophthalmitis;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; transmission; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C01.252.354.900.350; C01.539.375.354.900.350; C01.539.375.450.900.350; C01.703.343.900.350; C11.294.354.900.350; C11.294.450.900.350; C11.941.879.960.380;

Online Note: use ENDOPHTHALMITIS to search OPHTHALMIA 1966-89

History Note: 90; was OPHTHALMIA 1966-89

Technical Notes: restrict to endophthalmitis as a specific disease entity, not as a coordinate for inflammation of specific internal parts of the eye: these are available as -ITIS terms; ophthalmitis goes here; PANOPHTHALMITIS is also available: inflammation of all structures of the eye; EGYPTIAN OPHTHALMIA see TRACHOMA is also available