Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Introduction: Endophthalmitis and panophthalmitis are ocular infections which lead to a very severe sight threatening condition. Exogenous endophthalmitis is a complication of primary cataract, intraocular surgery and ocular trauma due to the introduction of pathogens like bacteria whereas the endogenous one is frequently due to systemic dissemination of the pathogens. Organisms causing these infections are mostly bacterial or fungal. Organisms causing bacterial endophthalmitis include Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Streptococci, Pneumococci, Pseudomonas, Escherichia coli. Methods: All the samples were inoculated on to Brain heart infusion broth, Blood agar, Macconkey agar and Sabouraud’s dextrose agar. Multiple C shaped streaks were performed on solid media for the corneal scrapings. The growth was identified based on standard laboratory procedures. Results: A total of 223 samples of suspected ocular infections comprising 122 conjunctival swabs, 39 corneal specimens, 29 lacrimal pus samples and 33 vitreous specimens were analysed. Out of them 108(51.3%) showed growth. 88(42.2%) were bacterial and 29(12.1%) were fungal isolates. Conclusions: Due to emergence of drug resistance it is imperative that all the ophthalmological samples must be tested for antimicrobial resistance as far as possible. Keywords: Microbiological spectrum, ocular infections, various factors