title: Risk factors for postoperative endophthalmitis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa: possible role of environment.
abstract: This article describes an investigation to identify risk factors for postoperative endophthalmitis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. A retrospective case-control study, including 8 cases and 24 controls operated from 2005 to 2009, was undertaken. The risk factors associated with P aeruginosa infection were a particular operating room (P = .003) and longer phacoemulsification duration (P = .001), suggesting that infection was not associated with patient characteristics but rather with the surgical environment and phacoemulsification duration.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Oftalmologia Tadeu Cvintal, São Paulo, Brazil; Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: reginaldo.enfermeiro@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Reginaldo Adalberto
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Luz
authors.forename: Maria Clara
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Padoveze
authors.forename: Paulo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Falabella
authors.forename: Leila de Castro
authors.initials: Lde C
authors.lastname: Morais
authors.forename: Wagner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ghirelli
authors.forename: Tadeu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cvintal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology
keywords: Cataract extraction; Cross infection; Opthalmologic surgical procedures; Surgical site infection