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| Year : 1995 | Volume
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Endophthalmitis caused by Anaerobic bacteria
Tarun Sharma, Lingam Gopal, Sunil Parikh, SS Badrinath, HN Madhavan, BN Mukesh
From Sankara Nethralaya and Vision Research Foundation, 18, College Road, Madras, India
Correspondence Address:
Tarun Sharma
Vision Research Foundation, 18, College Road, Madras 600 006
India
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PMID: 8655198 
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A retrospective analysis of 22 patients who underwent pars plana vitrectomy for endophthalmitis and had culture-proven anaerobic bacteria, was done. Elimination of infection with attached retina and recovery of ambulatory vision ≥2/60 were considered as anatomic success and functional success, respectively. Mean follow-up period was 12.7 months (range, 2 to 48 months). Anatomic success was attained in 14 (63.6%) eyes and functional success in 12 (54.6%) eyes. A poor preoperative visual acuity was found to be associated with poor functional outcome (p < 0.046). In endophthalmitis, a routine anaerobic culture of intraocular specimen is recommended. |
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