International Journal of Inflammation / 2012 / Article / Tab 5 / Clinical Study
Intravitreal Dexamethasone in the Management of Delayed-Onset Bleb-Associated Endophthalmitis Table 5 Comparative studies of IVD for bacterial endophthalmitis.
Clinical setting Culture results Inflammation VA outcomes Time n Staph epi. Strep/Enterococcus Gram-negative Das et al. [5 ] Postcataract and trauma IVD 29 n/a n/a n/a 2.6 score 86% success 3 months No IVD 34 3.2 score1 71% success Shah et al. [8 ] Postcataract IVD 26 31% 12% 0 n/a 20/70 median 6 months No IVD 31 35% 13% 3% 20/50 median2 Gan et al. [6 ] Postcataract IVD 16 39% 8% 0 n/a 85% 20/200 or better 3 months No IVD 13 50% 6% 0 50% 20/200 or better3 Hall et al. [7 ] Postcataract IVD 26 46% 23% 0 0.3 cell/flare 20/40 median last followup No IVD 38 37% 5% 0 0.3 cell/flare 20/50 median Jacobs et al. Bleb-associated IVD 70 10% 36% 17% n/a 7/200 mean 3 months No IVD 13 15% 15% 15% 3/200 mean4
1 Relative change in inflammation showed statistical significance at 1 and 4 weeks, not at 3 months. 2
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. 4 Relative logMARΔ showed statistical significance at 1 month, not at 3 months.