Tim J Patterson, David McKinney, Jonathan Ritson, Chris McLean, Weidong Gu, Marcus Colyer, Scott F McClellan, Sarah C Miller, Grant A Justin, Annette K Hoskin, Kara Cavuoto, James Leong, Andrés Rousselot Ascarza, Fasika A Woreta, Kyle E Miller, Matthew C Caldwell, William G Gensheimer, Tom Williamson, Felipe Dhawahir-Scala, Peter Shah, Andrew Coombes, Gangadhara Sundar, Robert A Mazzoli, Malcolm Woodcock, Ferenc Kuhn, Stephanie L Watson, Renata S M Gomes, Rupesh Agrawal, Richard J Blanch
TOPIC: This study reports the effect of systemic prophylactic antibiotics (and their route) on the risk of endophthalmitis after open globe injury. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Endophthalmitis is a major complication of open globe injury, it can lead to rapid sight loss in the affected eye. The administration of systemic antibiotic prophylaxis is common practice in some health care systems, although there is no consensus on their use. METHODS: PubMed, CENTRAL, Web of Science, CINAHL and Embase were searched...
July 3, 2023: Ophthalmology Retina