Endophthalmitis after pars plana vitrectomy

Am J Ophthalmol. 1977 Dec;84(6):815-7. doi: 10.1016/0002-9394(77)90503-7.

Abstract

In three cases of bacterial endophthalmitis following pars plana vitrectomy the important diagnostic findings included increased orbital pain, decreased visual acuity, and the presence of a hypopyon. Despite agressive antibiotic therapy, all three eyes became blind, and two progressed rapidly to phthisis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anterior Chamber
  • Bacterial Infections / etiology*
  • Blindness / etiology
  • Eye Diseases / etiology*
  • Eye Diseases / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Orbit
  • Pain, Postoperative / etiology
  • Postoperative Complications* / diagnosis
  • Staphylococcal Infections / etiology
  • Streptococcal Infections / etiology
  • Suppuration / etiology
  • Vision Disorders / etiology
  • Visual Acuity
  • Vitreous Body / surgery*