In industrialized nations diabetic retinopathy is the most frequent microvascular complication
of diabetes mellitus and the most common cause of blindness in the working-age …

Background Surgical site infection rates in the month following clean surgery vary from
0.6%(knee prosthesis) to 5%(limb amputation). Due to the large number of clean surgical …

Sections 1 through 15 review etiology, microbiology and recent study reports, and present
guidelines for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of postoperative endophthalmitis …

Despite the introduction of new antiseptics in surgery, PVI is still the preeminent antiseptic
measure in ophthalmology. Its use is economically reasonable. There have been no reports …

Purpose To correlate the incidence of postoperative endophthalmitis with changes in the
preoperative prophylaxis over a 20-year period. Setting Department of Ophthalmology …

Objective To investigate and compare the rate of endophthalmitis after intravitreal injections
performed in an in-office (dedicated procedure room) versus in-theatre setting. Methods A …

PURPOSE: To compare the efficacy of povidone–iodine 1.0%, 5.0%, and 10.0% in
combination with topical levofloxacin 0.3% in reducing the preoperative conjunctival …

Purpose: To evaluate the conjunctival microbial flora in cases of ocular Stevens–Johnson
Syndrome (SJS) in a tertiary eye care center. Methods: This prospective study comprised …

Endophthalmitis can be a devastating complication after cataract surgery. Therefore, this
study sought to better understand the occurrence rate of acute-onset postoperative …

Purpose: To report the incidence, clinical features, microbiologic culture results,
management and visual outcome of patients with endophthalmitis after intravitreal injections …