DR. VEDANT RAJORIYA

DR.MEHUL SHAH, DR. SHREYA SHAH, DR. RAJ VADOR

Abstract

INTRODUCTION:WE EXAMINED EPIDEMIOLOGICAL,MICROBIOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL PROFILES OF INFECTIOUS ENDOPHTHALMITIS PATIENTS.

METHODS:RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF 114 PATIENTS, EMR FROM JAN08 TO AUG22 WAS REVIEWED.ALL PATIENTS WERE GIVEN INTRAVITREAL INJECTION,FOLLOWED BY PARSPLANA VITRECTOMY AND INTRAOCULAR ANTIBIOTICS.

RESULTS:OUR COHORT CONSISTED OF 114 EYES.49.1%, 46.3% AND 4.4% PATIENTS HAD POSTOP,POSTTRAUMATIC AND ENDOGENOUS ENDOPHTHALMITIS RESPECTIVELY.MALE PREDOMINANCE WAS OBSERVED.MORE PATIENTS IN THE POST TRAUMATIC GROUP WERE YOUNGER.AT PRESENTATION, THE BEST CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY(BCVA) WAS<3/60 IN 94.2%CASES.TREATMENT OUTCOMES DID NOT VARY BASED ON ETIOLOGY. AFTER TREATMENT, BCVA WAS UNCHANGED OR IMPROVED TO 6/60 IN 23.68% AND >6/24 IN 15.7 %; 20.2% EYES HAD NO LIGHT PERCEPTION.

CONCLUSION:INFECTIOUS ENDOPHTHALMITIS IS SEVERE COMPLICATION THAT CAN RESULT IN VISION LOSS.AGGRESSIVE AND PROMPT TREATMENT CAN SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE VISION.AETIOLOGY DOES NOT SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT OUTCOMES.