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Urgent Vitrectomy with Vancomycin Infusion, Silicone Oil Endotamponade, and General Antibiotic Treatment in Multiple Cases of Endophthalmitis from a Single Day of Intravitreal Injections—Case Series

Vincenza BonfiglioEwa JasińskaRobert RejdakTeresio AvitabileAgata Pietras-baczewskaMichele ReibaldiMario Damiano ToroKatarzyna Nowomiejska

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medicine.medical_specialtyVisual acuitygenetic structuresmedicine.medical_treatmentlcsh:MedicineVitrectomyBacterial endophthalmitiArticle03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineEndophthalmitisOphthalmologymedicinepost-injection endophthalmitis030212 general & internal medicineAfliberceptendophthalmitis treatmentbusiness.industrylcsh:Rbacterial endophthalmitisGeneral MedicinePhacoemulsificationMacular degenerationmedicine.disease<i>Streptococcus mitis/oralis</i>eye diseasesStreptococcus mitis/oralis030221 ophthalmology & optometryVancomycinTamponadeBacterial endophthalmitis; En-dophthalmitis treatment; Post-injection endophthalmitis; Streptococcus mitis/oralissense organsmedicine.symptomPost-injection endophthalmitiEn-dophthalmitis treatmentbusinessmedicine.drug

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The aim of this study was to report on the anatomical and functional results of surgical management of seven cases of endophthalmitis related to a single day of intravitreal aflibercept injections. Patients with signs of endophthalmitis who underwent aflibercept injections (seven eyes) performed on the same day were retrospectively evaluated. The data of visual acuity and optical coherence tomography (OCT) within nine months of the follow-up and the treatment and results of microbiological cultures are reported. Four of the total seven cases had a positive bacterial culture outcome (Streptococcus mitis). All patients underwent vitrectomy combined with phacoemulsification when the eyes were not pseudophakic, vancomycin infusion, and silicone oil tamponade within 24 h

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2021-03-04Journal of Clinical Medicine
10.3390/jcm10051059https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/5/1059