Systemic Moxifloxacin in Streptococcus viridans Endophthalmitis.

PURPOSE

To evaluate the effectiveness of prophylactic systemic moxifloxacin in a rabbit model of Streptococcus viridans (S. viridans) endophthalmitis.

METHODS

Animals (n=60) were divided into three groups. Intravenous moxifloxacin, vancomycin, normal saline was administered to 20 animals in each group and two hours later, 10 colony-forming units (CFU) of S. salivarius were intravitreally injected into the left eye. Intravenous antibiotics injection was repeated on days 1, 2, and 3 after inoculation. The clinical features, bacterial culture from vitreous aspirates of 10 eyes from each group were evaluated on days 1, 3, 5, and 7. On day 7, eyes for clinical feature examination were enucleated for histopathologic examination.

RESULTS

Clinical scores and logCFU/ml values were lower in moxifloxacin group on all examination days. Histopathologic examination showed less inflammation and relatively well-preserved retina in the moxifloxacin group.

CONCLUSIONS

Systemic moxifloxacin may have a prophyactic effect for S. viridans endophthalmitis after intraocular procedure.