Endophthalmitis after intravitreal injections versus cataract surgery: a 15-year cohort

Purpose To compare the clinical features, visual outcomes and causative organisms between endophthalmitis secondary to cataract surgery or to intravitreal injections (IVI). Setting Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel. Design Retrospective, non-randomized comparative chart review. Methods Medical records of patients with proven or suspected endophthalmitis admitted to the Ophthalmology Department at Meir Medical Center 2/2002–2/2017 were reviewed. Clinical characteristics including presenting and final visual acuity (VA) outcomes, causative organisms and time to admission were assessed. Results Among 84 patients in our study, 35 had preceding cataract surgery and 12 had preceding IVI. The post-cataract group showed a significant improvement in VA following treatment with a presenting and final VA (logMar ± SD) of (1.80 ± 0.54 and 1.39 ± 0.65, P