Dr.PAVANEESWAR REDDY BADEPALLE, B21710
A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY DONE AT A TERTIARY EYE CARE CENTRE , NON COMPARATIVE IN NATURE OF INFECTIOUS AGENTS CAUSING POST OPERATIVE ENDOPHTHALMITIS .THE DURATION OF STUDY WAS FROM JANUARY 2010 TO MAY 2018.16 CASES WERE DIAGNOSED FROM 47050 SURGERIES DONE DURING THAT PERIOD.THE INCIDENCE OF INFECTION WAS 0.03%.8 PATIENTS WERE CULTURE POSITIVE AND ORGANISMS ISOLATED WERE 2 STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS(1 METHICILLIN RESISTANT),2 STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS,1 PSEUDOMONAS,1 HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZA,1 MIXED INFECTION(SERRATIA MARCESCENS WITH PSEUDOMONAS),1 STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE AND REMAINING 8 WERE CULTURE NEGATIVE.6 OUT OF 8(75%) CULTURE POSITIVE POST OPERATIVE ENDOPHTHALMITIS HAS POOR PROGNOSIS IN WHICH 1 STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS,1 HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZA,1 STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE,1 MIXED (PSEUDOMONAS WITH SERRATIA ),1 PSEUDOMONAS ORGANISMS WERE ISOLATED .MOST OF THE INFECTIONS ARE SPORADIC IN NATURE.
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