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Gregory S. Brinton, MD; Trexler M. Topping, MD; Robert A. Hyndiuk, MD; Thomas M. Aaberg, MD; Frederick H. Reeser, MD; Gary W. Abrams, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1984;102(4):547-550.

Abstract
• Nineteen consecutive cases of culture-proved posttraumatic endophthalmitis occurred. Over an eight-year period, 19 (7.4%) of 257 patients with penetrating trauma had endophthalmitis develop, and 19 (31.1%) of 61 cases of endophthalmitis were due to trauma. Eleven (10.7%) of 103 patients with intraocular foreign bodies had endophthalmitis develop. Final visual acuity was 20/200 or better in eight (42.1%) of 19 and 20/30 or better in five (26.3%) of 19 cases of posttraumatic endophthalmitis. Organisms cultured were similar to those in the other types of endophthalmitis, except that Bacillus species were seen only in posttraumatic endophthalmitis (five [26.3%] of 19). Virulent organisms or retinal breaks or detachments seen at the time of primary repair indicated poor prognoses.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Sept 14, 1983.

Reprint requests to Eye Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8700 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226 (Dr Brinton).

This investigation was supported in part by Ophthalmic Research Center grant EY01931 from the National Eye Institute and an unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc.

Eileen Burd performed the microbiology work and reviewed the manuscript.

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