Antibiotic susceptibility in Endophthalmitis Management Study and intravitreal antibiotic practice trend in India-EMS Report #5.
Taraprasad DasSuchita PandeyJoveeta JosephJay Umed ShethAkash S BelenjeUmesh Chandra BeheraAditya KapoorRudvij PandyaVivek Pravin DavePublished in: Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie (2024)
In EMS, GPC had good susceptibility to vancomycin; GNB had good susceptibility to ceftazidime and colistin. Given the lower resistance of colistin, a vancomycin-colistin combination could be an alternative empiric treatment in post-cataract endophthalmitis in India.
Keyphrases
- gram negative
- escherichia coli
- acinetobacter baumannii
- klebsiella pneumoniae
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- multidrug resistant
- drug resistant
- methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
- healthcare
- primary care
- cataract surgery
- diabetic retinopathy
- vascular endothelial growth factor
- emergency medical
- combination therapy
- optical coherence tomography