Erratum to: Endophthalmitis in Boston keratoprosthesis: case series and review of literature
To report the clinical and microbiological characteristics of infectious endophthalmitis after Boston type I keratoprosthesis (B–K-Pro) implantation. Retrospective analysis of 45 eyes that received a B–K-Pro type 1 between 2009 and 2012 was performed. Five eyes with a diagnosis of exogenous endophth...
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Veröffentlicht in: | International ophthalmology 2015-02, Vol.35 (1), p.149-154 |
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Zusammenfassung: | To report the clinical and microbiological characteristics of infectious endophthalmitis after Boston type I keratoprosthesis (B–K-Pro) implantation. Retrospective analysis of 45 eyes that received a B–K-Pro type 1 between 2009 and 2012 was performed. Five eyes with a diagnosis of exogenous endophthalmitis after B–K-pro type 1 were identified and information about demographic data, indication for K-Pro, post-operative bandage contact lens use, post-operative prophylactic antibiotic use, timing and clinical presentation of endophthalmitis, gram stain and culture results of intraocular fluid and preoperative and post-operative visual acuity were collected. The incidence of endophthalmitis was 11.1 % (5 of 45 eyes) and average time to develop endophthalmitis was 5.62 months (range 2 days to 8 months). Mean patient age was 31.4 years (5 to 65 years). The surgical indications included corneal injury due to chemical burns (
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= 2), multiple failed grafts secondary to microbial keratitis (
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= 2) and congenital glaucoma with congenital herpetic keratitis (
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= 1). Post-Boston K-Pro, the visual acuity ranged from light perception (LP) to 20/50. K-pro was explanted in 4 patients. There was bacterial and fungal growth in two patients each and one vitreous did not grow anything. All the eyes were phthisical at last visit. Infectious endophthalmitis after K-Pro implantation in our study had a higher incidence, early onset and extremely poor visual outcome compared with post-cataract surgery endophthalmitis, as reported in literature. Not only bacterial but also fungal infections are an important etiology for infectious endophthalmitis in these cases. |
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ISSN: | 0165-5701 1573-2630 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10792-014-0033-7 |