title: Prevention, diagnosis, and management of acute postoperative bacterial endophthalmitis.
abstract: This distillation of the peer-reviewed scientific literature on infection after cataract surgery summarizes background material on epidemiology, etiology, and pathogenesis, describes the roles of surgical technique and antibiotic prophylaxis in prevention, and discusses diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in cases of suspected endophthalmitis.
authors.affiliation: mpacker@finemd.com
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Packer
authors.forename: David F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Steven H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Dewey
authors.forename: Brian C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Little
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mamalis
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Oetting
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Talley-Rostov
authors.forename: Sonia H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yoo
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents