Endophthalmitis After Dexamethasone Implant
The rate of dexamethasone implant-related endophthalmitis is 0.16% which is higher than other intravitreal injections reported in the literature, with considerably poor visual outcomes. The vitreous diagnostic samples are culture-positive in 87% of cases (13/15), with 46.7% (7/15) isolating Staphylococcus epidermidis.
Authors
- Zelia K. Chiu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5219-4511)
- Penelope J. Allen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5916-1253)
- Fatemeh Shams
- Rosie C. H. Dawkins
- Maryam Eghtedari
Institutions
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital (AU)
- Centre for Eye Research Australia (AU)
- St Helens Hospital (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
- Published
- 2026-02-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ceo.70066
- Primary Topic
- Ocular Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- State Government of Victoria