Causative Pathogens of Endophthalmitis after Intravitreal Anti-VEGF Injection: An International Multicenter Study

Catharina Busch; Matias Iglicki; Mali Okada; Pierre Henry Gabrielle; Shai Cohen; Miriana Mariussi; Atchara Amphornphruet; Zafer Cebeci; Voraporn Chaikitmongkol; Aude Couturier; Samantha Fraser-Bell; Adrian T. Fung; Danilo Iannetta; Liga Radecka; Inês Laíns; Tiago M. Rodrigues; Marco Lupidi; Małgorzata Ozimek; Anna Sala-Puigdollers; Matus Rehak; Anat Loewenstein; Dinah Zur

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Causative Pathogens of Endophthalmitis after Intravitreal Anti-VEGF Injection: An International Multicenter Study

Catharina Busch, Matias Iglicki, Mali Okada, Pierre Henry Gabrielle, Shai Cohen, Miriana Mariussi, Atchara Amphornphruet, Zafer Cebeci, Voraporn Chaikitmongkol, Aude Couturier, Samantha Fraser-Bell, Adrian T. Fung, Danilo Iannetta, Liga Radecka, Inês Laíns, Tiago M. Rodrigues, Marco Lupidi, Małgorzata Ozimek, Anna Sala-Puigdollers, Matus RehakAnat Loewenstein, Dinah Zur^*

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Abstract

Purpose: The main objective of this study was to investigate the microbiological spectrum of endophthalmitis after anti-VEGF injections and to compare streptococcal with non-streptococcus-associated cases with regard to baseline characteristics and injection procedure. Methods: Retrospective, international multicenter study of patients with culture-positive endophthalmitis after intravitreal anti-VEGF injection at 17 different retina referral centers. Results: Eighty-three cases with 87 identified pathogens were included. Coagulase-negative staphylococci (59%) and viridans streptococci (15%) were the most frequent pathogens found. The use of postoperative antibiotics and performance of injections in an operating room setting significantly reduced the rate of streptococcus-induced endophthalmitis cases (p = 0.01 for both). Conclusion: We found a statistically significant lower rate of postinjectional local antibiotic therapy and operating room-based procedures among the streptococcus-induced cases compared to cases caused by other organisms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	211-219
Number of pages	9
Journal	Ophthalmologica
Volume	241
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000496942
State	Published - 1 Apr 2019

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Endophthalmitis
Intravitreal injection
Vascular endothelial growth factor

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Busch, C., Iglicki, M., Okada, M., Gabrielle, P. H., Cohen, S., Mariussi, M., Amphornphruet, A., Cebeci, Z., Chaikitmongkol, V., Couturier, A., Fraser-Bell, S., Fung, A. T., Iannetta, D., Radecka, L., Laíns, I., Rodrigues, T. M., Lupidi, M., Ozimek, M., Sala-Puigdollers, A., ... Zur, D. (2019). Causative Pathogens of Endophthalmitis after Intravitreal Anti-VEGF Injection: An International Multicenter Study. Ophthalmologica, 241(4), 211-219. https://doi.org/10.1159/000496942

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Busch, C, Iglicki, M, Okada, M, Gabrielle, PH, Cohen, S, Mariussi, M, Amphornphruet, A, Cebeci, Z, Chaikitmongkol, V, Couturier, A, Fraser-Bell, S, Fung, AT, Iannetta, D, Radecka, L, Laíns, I, Rodrigues, TM, Lupidi, M, Ozimek, M, Sala-Puigdollers, A, Rehak, M, Loewenstein, A & Zur, D 2019, 'Causative Pathogens of Endophthalmitis after Intravitreal Anti-VEGF Injection: An International Multicenter Study', Ophthalmologica, vol. 241, no. 4, pp. 211-219. https://doi.org/10.1159/000496942

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