RT - Journal TY - JOUR A1 - Vedantham, Vasumathy A1 - Nirmalan, Praveen A1 - Ramasamy, Kim A1 - Prakash, Karthik A1 - Namperumalsamy, Perumalsamy T1 - Clinico-microbiological profile and visual outcomes of post-traumatic endophthalmitis at a tertiary eye care center in South India YR - 2006/1/1 JF - Indian Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Indian J Ophthalmol SP - 5 OP - 10 VO - 54 IS - 1 UL - https://journals.lww.com/ijo/pages/default.aspx/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2006;volume=54;issue=1;spage=5;epage=10;aulast=Vedantham;t=5 DO - 10.4103/0301-4738.21607 N2 - Purpose: To analyze the clinical and microbiological characteristics of eyes with post-traumatic endophthalmitis and factors influencing the visual outcomes in these cases. Methods: We performed a retrospective chart analysis of the clinical and microbiological data of 97 consecutive patients with post-traumatic endophthalmitis presenting to a tertiary eye care hospital in South India. Results: Thirty-nine (40.2%) cases were culture-positive, Gram-positive cocci (n=24/42, 57.1%) being the commonest isolates. Staphylococcus epidermidis and Pseudomonas aeuruginosa were the commonest single isolates (n=10; 23.8%). Majority of the organisms were sensitive to chloramphenicol (n=27) or ciprofloxacin (n=26). Susceptibility to vancomycin (n=3) and amikacin (n=4) was poor. Cases with negative cultures at presentation were more likely to have improvement in visual acuity compared with culture-positive cases (on multivariate analysis, OR: 3.2, 95% CI: 1.1, 9.0). Conclusions: In this series of post-traumatic endophthalmitis, a high prevalence of resistance of the culture isolates to vancomycin and amikacin was observed. ER -