Prevention of post intravitreal injection endophthalmitis: is antibioprophylaxis indicated?].

Endophthalmitis remains the main complication of intravitreal injections, especially because their repetition multiplicates the risks. Surgical antisepsis is required for the prevention of endophthalmitis, but the benefit/risk ratio of topical antibioprophylaxis has never been demonstrated. In contrast, the selection of resistant bacteria appears to be exponential with the wider use of topical antibioprophylaxis. It seems that more and more operators stop using anibioprophylaxis, provided that the antisepsis is surgical and that the injection is performed in accordance with the rules of good practice. Copyright © 2012. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.

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I Cochereau, J-F Korobelnik, B Bodaghi. Prevention of post intravitreal injection endophthalmitis: is antibioprophylaxis indicated?]. Journal français d'ophtalmologie. 2013 Jan;36(1):72-5

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