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Nripen Gaur1, Brijesh Takkar2, Parijat Chandra3
1Ophthalmology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bilaspur, Bilaspur, IND.
Background:
To evaluate the clinical profile, outcomes and antibiotic resistance in bacterial endophthalmitis.
Methods:
This was a post-hoc analysis of a study conducted at a tertiary centre, where 60 consecutive cases of culture-proven bacterial endophthalmitis were included prospectively. Group 1 included coagulase-negative Staphylococcus endophthalmitis (CNSE), while group 2 included the remaining cases. Clinical features, antibiotic resistance and visual outcomes were compared. Visual acuity >3/60 at six months of follow-up was defined as a good visual outcome.
Results:
Group 1 had 31 cases, while group 2 had 29. Group 2 included 12 gram-positive and 17 gram-negative isolates. Among the groups, group 2 had more patients with presenting visual acuity below hand motions close to the face (25 vs. 12, p<0.001), poor visual outcomes (26 vs. 3, p<0.001) and retinal detachment (RD) (10 vs. 2, p=0.007). Pseudomonas was most commonly resistant to antibiotics, and ceftazidime (p=0.005) and cefazolin (p=0.009) resistance were higher in group 2 isolates. In group 1, five isolates were resistant to any one of the antibiotics, whereas in group 2, 13 isolates were resistant to any one of the antibiotics (p=0.024).
Conclusions:
In the current study, eyes in the group of endophthalmitis caused by CNSE achieved better visual acuities at the last follow-up compared to eyes with endophthalmitis caused by other bacteria. Antibiotic resistance in isolates other than CNSE is a cause of concern.
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