Endophthalmitis in Clinical Practice

This book provides a concise, practical guide to the management of endophthalmitis for busy ophthalmic clinicians. It includes many tips, tricks, clinical pearls and colour photographs to illustrate various aspects of diagnosis that can be quickly referred to when assessing patients.

Endophthalmitis in Clinical Practice, 2nd Edition utilises an easy-to-follow ‘cookbook’ style to ensure that information can be rapidly and efficiently obtained for the best possible care of patients with endophthalmitis. In addition to the concise writing style, the compact size of this book means that it can be kept in an on-call bag and can be easily consulted to in clinical practice. New topics in this second edition include the role of systemic antibiotics, steroids in the management of endophthalmitis, non-infectious inflammation, endoscopic vitrectomy as well as updates on infectious keratitis associated endophthalmitis including the roles of photodynamic therapy and microbial diagnostics.  

Endophthalmitis: Classification and Most Frequently Reported Organisms.- Differential Diagnosis Of Endophthalmitis.- Diagnosis Of Endophthalmitis: Clinical Presentation, Microbiology, and Echography.- Endophthalmitis Clinical Categories.- Endophthalmitis Prophylaxis.- Retinal Detachment (RD) and Endophthalmitis.- Antibiotic Stewardship.- Outcomes and Treatment-Related Complications.- Endophthalmitis: Miscellaneous Categories.  

Harry W. Flynn, Jr., MD is Professor of Ophthalmology at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine Miami in Florida, USA.  

Nidhi Relhan Batra, MD is a fellowship trained retina surgeon from LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India. She also undertook a Uveitis and Medical Retina fellowships at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami USA and is currently affiliated with Tulane University, New Orleans, USA. 

Stephen G. Schwartz, MD is Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine Miami in Florida, USA.  

Prashanth G. Iyer, MD MPH fellowship trained in medical retina at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami USA and is currently a vitreoretinal fellow at Tufts Medical Center/ Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston.

Lyubomyr Lytvynchuk MD, PhD is an associate professor and Vitreoretinal surgeon at Department of Ophthalmology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg GmbH, Campus Giessen, Germany he is also affiliated with Institute for Retinal Research and Imaging, Karl Landsteiner Society, Vienna, Austria. 

Andrzej Grzybowski MD, PhD, MBA, MAE is a Professor of Ophthalmology, President of EVER (2023-2024), and a lifelong member of the European Academy of Ophthalmology.  Expert in artificial intelligence in Ophthalmology and co-founder of the International Society for AI in Ophthalmology.