Staphylococcus epidermidis (albus) Endophthalmitis

Effect of taurolidine on the normal eyelid and conjunctival flora

“…[17][18][19][20] The organisms most commonly recovered in cases of postsurgical-endophthalmitis include primarily Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis, Streptococcus spp., Proteus spp., and less frequently Pseudomonas spp. [17][18][19]21 Our present study showed that the taurolidine solution was as effective as a standard topical antibiotic in reducing or eliminating microorganisms present on the conjunctiva and eyelid of the eye. Although there is no statistically significant difference regarding reduction or eradication of microorganisms between taurolidine and gentamicin in the study, taurolidine has many advantages when compared with gentamicin or other antibiotics.…”

Infectious Endophthalmitis

“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Hospitals may not subspeciate coagulase-negative staphylococci, reporting them all as S. epidermidis. epidermidis has been increasingly identified as a cause of human infection often associated with foreign bodies, such as implanted catheters, and has become the most common cause of postoperative endophthalmitis.…”

Experimental Staphylococcal Endophthalmitis

“…It is the most frequently reported pathogen in nosocomial bloodstream infections, is frequently associated with foreign device infections, and is commonly associated with wound infections and endophthalmitis [26]. Because of its ubiquitous nature, it was not until 1964 that Theodore [29]suggested that S. epidermidis could be one of the causative agents of endophthalmitis and in 1973 Valenton [30]isolated S. epidermidis from the aqueous humor in 2 cases of endophthalmitis after cataract surgery.…”