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- Published on: 22 March 2016
- Published on: 22 March 2016
- Published on: 22 March 2016Author's replyShow More
Dear Editor,
Dr. Fernandez Rubio raised an interesting issue of "climatic factor" as a risk for delayed onset endophthalmitis after glaucoma surgery. He asked whether the onset of endophthamitis due to Hemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumonia took place around a particular part of the year in our study.[1] We did not look into the issue of climatic factor during our review. However, charts of those pati...
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None declared. - Published on: 22 March 2016Risk factors for delayed onset endophthalmitis after glaucoma surgeryShow More
Dear Editor,
In “Endophthalmitis associated with the Ahmed glaucoma valve implant”[1], we can see the same predominant causative bacteria (Haemophilus and Streptococcus) that we have been seeing in other series of delayed onset endophthalmitis after glaucoma surgery since Mandelbaum et al. series.[2] This time [1], eight out of nine endophthalmitis had a delayed onset too, and two risk factors for endophthalmitis...
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