title: Macular ischemia after intravitreal amikacin on patient with intraocular foreign body.
abstract: Background:Although still used in third world countries, amikacin has a harmful effect to be used intravitreally.Purpose:To report macular ischemia after an intravitreal injection of amikacinMethods:A case report regarding a traumatized eye of a 26-year-old man that was injected intravitreally with amikacin due to intraocular foreign body endophthalmitisResults:Angiography and OCT show macular ischemia due to amikacin toxicity.Conclusion:The case reported here is to alert about the potential harmful effect of intravitreally injected amikacin despite its role as an accepted regimen for endohthalmitis cases.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran/Cicendo National Eye Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Arief
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kartasasmita
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran/Cicendo National Eye Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Susi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mona
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran/Cicendo National Eye Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Erwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Iskandar
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran/Cicendo National Eye Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Iwan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sovani
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran/Cicendo National Eye Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Djonggi
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Panggabean