This article describes an investigation to identify risk factors for postoperative
endophthalmitis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. A retrospective case-control study, including 8 cases and 24 controls operated from
2005 to 2009, was undertaken. The risk factors associated with P aeruginosa infection were a particular operating room (P = .003) and longer phacoemulsification duration (P = .001), suggesting that infection was not associated with patient characteristics
but rather with the surgical environment and phacoemulsification duration.
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Published online: May 13, 2013
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