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Incidence of endophthalmitis in Sweden
Author(s) -
Koul Sunendha,
Philipson Agneta,
Philipson Bo T.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1989.tb04099.x
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , endophthalmitis , medicine , retrospective cohort study , surgery , optics , physics
. A retrospective review of all suspected and proven cases of endophthalmitis (EO) during a period of 18 months in Sweden is presented. This period covered the time of transition in the surgical technique at a large number of clinics. Sixty‐two cases of EO were reported out of which 52 were post‐operative. A total incidence of post‐operative endopthalmitis (POE) was found to be 0.33%. The incidence of culture proven POE was however only 0.06%. No cultures or only conjunctival cultures had been taken in 32 (61.5%). S.epidermidis and S.aureus comprised the majority of isolates. No case of fungal EO was reported. The number of posttraumatic EO was low.