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Kocak I, Kocak F, Teker B, et al. Evaluation of bacterial contamination rate of the anterior chamber during phacoemulsification surgery using an automated microbial detection system. Int J Ophthalmol. 2014;7(4):686-8doi: 10.3980/j.issn.2222-3959.2014.04.19.
Kocak, I., Kocak, F., Teker, B., Aydin, A., Kaya, F., & Baybora, H. (2014). Evaluation of bacterial contamination rate of the anterior chamber during phacoemulsification surgery using an automated microbial detection system. International journal of ophthalmology, 7(4), 686-8. https://doi.org/10.3980/j.issn.2222-3959.2014.04.19
Kocak, Ibrahim, et al. "Evaluation of bacterial contamination rate of the anterior chamber during phacoemulsification surgery using an automated microbial detection system." International journal of ophthalmology vol. 7,4 (2014): 686-8. doi: https://doi.org/10.3980/j.issn.2222-3959.2014.04.19
Kocak I, Kocak F, Teker B, Aydin A, Kaya F, Baybora H. Evaluation of bacterial contamination rate of the anterior chamber during phacoemulsification surgery using an automated microbial detection system. Int J Ophthalmol. 2014 Aug 18;7(4):686-8. doi: 10.3980/j.issn.2222-3959.2014.04.19. eCollection 2014. PMID: 25161944; PMCID: PMC4137208.
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Int J Ophthalmol. 2014 Aug 18;7(4):686-8. doi: 10.3980/j.issn.2222-3959.2014.04.19. eCollection 2014.

Evaluation of bacterial contamination rate of the anterior chamber during phacoemulsification surgery using an automated microbial detection system.

International journal of ophthalmology

Ibrahim Kocak, Funda Kocak, Bahri Teker, Ali Aydin, Faruk Kaya, Hakan Baybora

Affiliations

  1. Nisa Hospital, Fatih cad, Cobancesme mah, Bahcelievler, Istanbul 34196, Turkey.
  2. Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Basaksehir state hospital, Basaksehir, Istanbul 34306, Turkey.
  3. Nisa Hospital, Fatih cad, Cobancesme mah, Bahcelievler, Istanbul 34196, Turkey ; Department of Ophthalmology, Medipol University Hospital, Bagc?lar, Istanbul 34214, Turkey.

PMID: 25161944 PMCID: PMC4137208 DOI: 10.3980/j.issn.2222-3959.2014.04.19

Abstract

AIM: To assess the incidence of anterior chamber bacterial contamination during phacoemulsification surgery using an automated microbial detection system (BacT/Alert).

METHODS: Sixty-nine eyes of 60 patients who had uneventful phacoemulsification surgery, enrolled in this prospective study. No prophylactic topical or systemic antibiotics were used before surgery. After antisepsis with povidone-iodine, two intraoperative anterior chamber aqueous samples were obtained, the first whilst entering anterior chamber, and the second at the end of surgery. BacT/Alert culture system was used to detect bacterial contamination in the aqueous samples.

RESULTS: Neither aqueous samples obtained at the beginning nor conclusion of the surgery was positive for microorganisms on BacT/Alert culture system. The rate of bacterial contamination during surgery was 0%. None of the eyes developed acute-onset endophthalmitis after surgery.

CONCLUSION: In this study, no bacterial contamination of anterior chamber was observed during cataract surgery. This result shows that meticulous surgical preparation and technique can prevent anterior chamber contamination during phacoemulsification cataract surgery.

Keywords: bacterial contamination; endophthalmitis; phacoemulsification

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