Role of Intralesional Antibiotic for Treatment of Subretinal Abscess - Case Report and Literature Review.

Saurabh VermaShorya Vardhan AzadPradeep VenkateshVinod KumarAbhidnya SurveAkshaya BalajiRajpal Vohra

Published in: Ocular immunology and inflammation (2020)

We treated a case of Citrobacter associated endogenous endophthalmitis with subretinal abscess with intralesional injection of piperacillin and tazobactam combination. 41-G needle can be used safely to inject antibiotic into the subretinal space through a small self-sealing retinotomy with minimum risk of retinal detachment and encouraging results.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
rare case
gram negative
combination therapy
multidrug resistant
replacement therapy
cataract surgery