Combined steroid and antibiotic therapy vs antibiotics alone
Visual acuity · eyes with acute endophthalmitis following an intraocular procedure (e.g. surgery, intravitreous injection)
Combined steroid and antibiotic therapy may leads to higher visual acuity 6/6 to 6/18 at 3 months' compared with antibiotics alone (low certainty).
2 findings from 1 review
- Adjunctive steroid therapy versus antibiotics alone for acute endophthalmitis after intraocular procedure 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 1.95 [1.05, 3.6]2 studies · 60 participantsLow
- Adjunctive steroid therapy versus antibiotics alone for acute endophthalmitis after intraocular procedure 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 1.12 [0.92, 1.37]2 studies · 195 participantsLow