PMID: 9160018May 1, 1997Paper

Delayed-onset endophthalmitis associated with conjunctival filtering blebs

Ophthalmology
T A KangasP Palmberg

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the causative organisms, treatment methods, and visual acuity outcomes of patients treated for delayed-onset endophthalmitis associated with conjunctival filtering blebs. The medical records of 32 patients with conjunctival filtering bleb-associated endophthalmitis treated at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute between 1989 and 1995 were reviewed retrospectively. Bleb-associated endophthalmitis was diagnosed at 1 month or more after surgery in all patients. Patients with bleb infections only but without, signs of intraocular infection were excluded from this series. Previous antimetabolite therapy was used in 20 patients, including mitomycin C in 14 and 5-fluorouracil in 6. Streptococcal species were the most frequently cultured organisms occurring in 15 (47%) of 32 eyes. Of the 32 patients, 30 received intraocular antibiotics. The initial treatment included a pars plana vitrectomy in 18 patients and a vitreous tap without vitrectomy in 12 patients. Two of three patients who presented with no light perception vision were treated by evisceration. Overall, 15 (47%) of 32 patients achieved a final visual acuity of 20/400 or better. Of those patients with Streptococcal species cultured from the e...Continue Reading

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