Macular infarction after intravitreal amikacin
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- 2Carney Hospital, 2100 Dorchester Avenue, Boston, MA 02124, USA
- Correspondence to: Dr Bernard H Doft
- Accepted 20 November 2003
We write in reference to the letter by Galloway et al.1
The authors report a single case of macular infarction in a patient who had been given intravitreal amikacin for endophthalmitis. They cite that single case plus some previous literature as a reason to support a change in the choice of antibiotic for intravitreal injection from the treatment guidelines based on the results of the …
