Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Background: The present study was conducted for evaluating the incidence of postoperative infectious endophthalmitis in a known population. Materials & methods: A total of 400 patients who underwent ophthalmic surgeries were enrolled. Separate analysis of patients with complaints of decrease in vision, presenting with hypopyon, vitreous opacification and pain following surgery reporting with a duly filled-in specifically designed form were enrolled in the present study. Patients were enrolled in the present study who reported back with clinical symptoms and signs of postoperative inflammations were subjected to diagnostic microbiological investigations to identify the causative agents. The diagnostic aqueous humor and/or vitreous fluid specimen samples were collected and processed for isolation of the causative infectious agent. All the results were recorded and were analysed using SPSS software. Results: A total of 400 patients were enrolled. Among these patients, incidence of postoperative infectious endophthalmitis was 1 percent. Among them, two patients were of acute onset while the remaining 2 patients were of late onset. Mean age of the patients with of postoperative infectious endophthalmitis was 41.2 years. Out of four patients with of postoperative infectious endophthalmitis, chief microorganism identified was S. epidermidis, S. aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and S. epidermidis respectively. Conclusion: From the above results, the authors concluded that postoperative infectious endophthalmitis should always be in the differential of recurrent inflammation in a previously operated eye.