Rajeev Jain,¹ Avinash Pathengay,² Savitri Sharma,³ Virender Sangwan,² Taraprasad Das^2
1Sydney Eye Hospital, Sydney, Australia, ²Smt Kanuri-Santhamma Retina Vitreous Centre, LV Prasad Eye Institute, and ³Jhaveri Microbiology Center, Prof Brien Holden Eye Research Center, Hyderabad Eye Research Foundation, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India

Seven patients developed endophthalmitis 1 day after phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation. All patients underwent vitrectomy, and were given intraocular antibiotics and dexamethasone injection. Postoperatively, antibiotics and corticosteroids were administered topically and systemically. Initial visual acuity was hand motion or less for all patients, but this increased to ≥20/50 for 5 patients after 6 weeks. Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from the vitreous and the internal tubing of the phacomachine had similar antibiotic susceptibility. This report describes the outcome for the 7 patients.

Key words: Endophthalmitis, Phacoemulsification, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Vitrectomy

Asian J Ophthalmol. 2007;9:255-257.