Eye Infections

A lecture from Penang Medical College on eye infections.

1. By Dr. Banumathi Gurusamy, HPP 1
EYE INFECTIONS
Dr. Banumathi Gurusamy
Hospital Pulau Pinang

2. By Dr. Banumathi Gurusamy, HPP 2
Lid Infections
•Stye (External Hordeolum)
-Suppurative inflamation of lash follicle
and its associated gland of Zeis or Moll.
-Caused by Coagulase Possitive
Staphylococcus.
Clinical features:
- Acute pain in the lid margin
- Tender inflamed swelling over the lid margin
with pus pointing anteriorly through the skin

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Stye

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Stye- Treatment
•Warm compress.
•Antibiotics (systemic/ local).
•Surgical Incision & Curettage.

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Internal Hordeolum
•Small Abscess caused by an acute
Staphylococcal infection of meibomian gl.
•Clinical Features:
Tender inflamed swelling within tarsal
plate.
 More painful than stye.
 Lesion enlarge & discharge pus either
posteriorly through conjunctiva or
anteriorly through skin.

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Internal Hordeolum

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Internal Hordeolum- Treatment
•Warm Compress.
•Antiobiotics ( Systemic/ Local).
•Surgical Incision & Curettage.

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Chalazion (Meibomian Cyst)
•Chronic inflamatory lipogranulomatous lesion.
•Clinical Features:
- Painless slowly enlarging firm lesion in
the tarsal plate
-No signs of inflamation
•Pathology:
Low grade infection
obstruction of ducts
Accumulation of meibomian secretion

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Chalazion

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Chalazion

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Chalazion - Treatement
•Incision and Curettage
•Antibiotic ointment
•Complications:
 Mechanical ptosis with Astigmatism
 Int. Hordeolum
 Rare – Meibomian Ca.

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Chalazion - Treatement
Incision and
Curettage

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Blepharitis
•Chronic inflamation of lid margin:
 Staph. Blepharitis
 Seborrhoeic Blepharitis
•Clinical features:
Irritation & burning sensation over lid margin
Brittle scales clinging to the lashes
Tiny ulcerated areas (staph. Blepharitis)
•Treatment:
Lid hygeine
Antibiotic ointment
 Topical steroids

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Blepharitis

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Blepharitis

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Orbital & Preseptal Cellulitis
(more common in children)
Preseptal cellulitis: Infection of eye lids and
soft tissue structures anterior to the orbital
septum.
•Clinical features:
Mild to moderate eye lids swelling
Preceded by dental or sinus infections
History of sharp or blunt trauma
Ocular motility and pupilary reaction-
normal.
•Treatment: Systemic antibiotics

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Preseptal Cellulitis

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Orbital Cellulitis
•Infection process posterior to the orbital
septum that affects the orbital contents.
•Extension of infection from nasopharynx or
paranasal sinuses- esp. Ethmoidal.
•Age group: Children & young adults
•Causative organisms- strep. Pneumoniae,
Strep. Pyogenes, staph. Aureous, H.
Influenzae (< 5 years).

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Orbital Cellulitis (cont)
•Clinical features:
Severe pain with marked swelling of the
lids
Conjuctival chemosis and congestion
Proptosis of the globe
 Limitation of extraocular movements
with diplopia
 Impairment of pupillary reaction with
decreased vision.

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Orbital Cellulitis- Complications
1. Cavernous sinus thrombosis.
2. Meningitis
3. Cerebral abscess
4. Central retinal artery occlusion
5. Optic nerve inflamation optic atrophy
Blindness

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Orbital Cellulitis

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Orbital Cellulitis

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Orbital cellulitis- Treatment
1. Investigations:
ESR, WBC
X-Ray paranasal sinuses
CT Scan
2. ENT referral
3. IV antibiotics
4. Drain the orbit as well as the infected sinuses.

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Lacrimal System

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Infection of Lacrimal System
Canaliculitis- infection of lacrimalcanaliculi
Chronic- caused by actinomyces israelii
Acute caused by herpes simplex infection
or fungal infection. Eg: Candida
Treatment:
- Remove the obstructive concretions
- Treat with penicillin G. solution/
nystatin drops

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Dacryocystitis (infection of lacrimal
sac)
•Congenital- failure of canalisation of nasolacrimal
duct.
•Clinical features:
Epiphora
Reflux of purulent materials when pressed
over the medial canthus.
•Treatment:
1. Hydrostatic massage
2. Antibiotics
3. Probing (6 months and 1 year)
4. Surgery- Dacryocystorhinostomy

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Dacryocytitis

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Dacryocytitis- Adult onset
•Chronic Dacryocytitis
Middle age 75% female
•Predisposing factors:
Extreme deviated nasal septum.
Nasal polyp.
Hypertrophied inferior turbinates.
Trauma

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Dacryocytitis- Adult onset (cont)
•Clinical features:
Epiphora
Regurgitation of mucous materials on pressure
over medial canthus.
Syringing – blocked nasolacrimal duct.
•Treatment:
Hydrostatic massage with repeated syringing.
Surgery- Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR)

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Acute Dacryocystitis
•Acute exacerbation of chronic Dacryocysitis
•Clinical features:
Pain, redness and swelling over lacrimal sac area.
Purulent discharge from the punctum
Fever
•Treatment:
Hot compress/ systemic antibiotic
Aspirate the pus with wide bore needle,
(no I &D to avoid fistula formation.)
Plan for DCR.

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Acute Dacryocystitis

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Acute Dacryocystitis

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Acute Infectious Dacryoadenitis
•Infection of lacrimal gland.
•Clinical features:
Pain, redness, swelling over the outer one
third of the upper eye lid.
Common in young people.
Caused by acute infection such as Staph.
or H. Influenzae
Chronic infection as TB.
Viral infection as mumps.
•Treatment- treat the causative factor.

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Conjunctivitis
•Inflamation of conjunctiva.
•Bacterial:Strepto. Pyogenes, pneumoniae.
Staph aureus.
H. Influenzae.
Gonococcus.
•Viral: Adenovirus, H. Simplex, H. Zoster
•Trauma: Chemicals, ultraviolet rays
•Allergic
•Ophthalmia neonatorum- Neonates

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Conjunctivitis- Clinical Features
•Usually bilateral.
•Conjunctival hyperaemia.
•Grittiness/ sandy sensation.
•Discharge with sticky eye lids.
•Severe cases- swollen eye lids with
pseudomembrane formation.
•In Gonococcus conjuctivitis- swollen eye
lids with copious purulent discharge.

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Conjunctivitis

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Conjunctivitis

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Conjunctivitis - Ophthalmia neonatorum

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Conjunctivitis

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Conjunctivitis- Treatment
•Conjunctival swab for culture.
•Frequent local antibiotic/ systemic
antibiotic.
•H. simplex- zovirax ointment
•Sodium cromoglycate drops with mild
steroids allergic conjunctivitis.

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Karatitis- inflamation of the cornea
(corneal ulcer)
•Aetiology:
1. Bacteria: Staph., Strepto., Pseudomonas,
Enterobacteriacea
2. Fungus: aspergillus, candida albicans
3. Viral: H. simplex, H. zoster
4. Acanthamoeba: in contact lense users.

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Predisposing Factors
• Dry eye
• Contact lens wear
• Chronic infections of ocular adnexa
• Epi. Defect-Trauma, chemical injury etc
• Purulent conjunctivitis
• Neurotrophic/ Exposure Keratopathy
• Topical steroids, sys.immunosuppresive
• Trauma

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Symptoms & Signs
•Red eye
•Mild to severe ocular
pain
•Photophobia
•Blurred vision
•Eye discharge
•Conjunctival injec.
•Focal white infiltrates
of corneal layers &
stromal oedema
•Severe anterior
chamber reaction with
hypopyon
•Postr. synechiae

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Diagnosis
•Corneal Scrapping for
1. Gramstain
2. KOH-mount
• Culture media
1. Blood agar
2. Chocolate agar
3. Sabouraud’s medium

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Bacterial Keratitis
•Staph.aureus and Strep.pneumoniae:
Produce oval yellow white densely opaque
stromal lesion with surrounding relatively
clear cornea
•Pseudomonas sp. : sharp ulceration with
semiopaque ground glass appearance of
adjacent stroma
•Enterobactriacea : shallow ulceration with
diffuse stromal opalescence

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Bacterial Keratitis
•Treatment
•Intensive anti-biotic drops with
cycloplegics (to avoid synachieae formation
and to relieve ciliary spasm.)
•Sub conjunctival injection if necessary

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Bacterial Keratitis

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Bacterial Keratitis

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Bacterial Keratitis

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Bacterial Keratitis

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Fungal Keratitis
•Corneal lesion - Greyish white lesion with
indistinct margin and delicate feathery
finger like projections into adjacent stroma
•Multiple satellite small foci
•Overlying epithelium is elevated but intact

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Fungal Keratitis

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Fungal Keratitis

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Fungal Keratitis (cont)
•Filamentous - Fusarium, aspergillus
• Non Filamentous - Candida albicans
• Treatment
• 1. Amphotericin-B eye drops
• 2. Fluconazole -1% aq. Solution

• 3. Ketaconazole
• 4. Iatroconazole
• Anti-fungal treatment - six weeks

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Viral Keratitis (HSV)
•Caused by H.Simplex virus
•Superficial punctate keratitis
•Dendritic keratits(Thin linear branching
lesion with teminal bulbs at the end of each
branch
•Geographic ulcer- large amoeba shaped
ulcer with dendritic edges
•Corneal sensitivity- decreased
•Stained with Rose Bengal dye

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Viral Keratitis

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Viral Keratitis (HSV)
•Treatment :
1.Topical Acyclovir with cycloplegic
2.Gentle debridement of the infected
epi.as an adjunct to anti-viral agents
( anti-viral agents continued for seven to
fourteen days then tapered over one week)

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Viral Keratitis (HZV)
• Herpes Zoster virus.
• Conjunctivits with corneal involvement
(multiple micro dendritis with uveitis).
• Treatment : - oral Acyclovir
- preservative free artificial
tears and lubricant oint.at
night.

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Viral Keratitis (HZV)

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Viral Keratitis (HZV)

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Acanthamoeba Keratitis
•Extremely painful stromal keratitis usually
in a soft contact lens wearer who practices
poor CL. hygiene
•Severe ocular pain, redness and
photophobia over a period of several weeks.
•Early sign- less corneal and anterior
segment inflammation than would be
expected for the degree of pain

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Acanthamoeba Keratitis (cont)
•Epithelial and sub-epithelial infiltrates
•Pseudo dendrites on epithelium
•Late sign-corneal stromal infiltrates in the
shape of a ring
•Negative culture for bacteria & fungus
•Lack of response for the anti-biotic and
anti-fungal therapy

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Acanthamoeba Keratitis (cont)
•Treatment :
 Neosporin eye drops.
Brolene 1 %(Propamidine isethionate).
Chlorhexidine 0.002% eye drops.
Oral anti-fungal therapy.
Treatment continued for 6-8 weeks after
the resolution of inflmn. which may take
18 months in some cases.
Resistant cases- Keratoplasty.

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Principles in the management
(corneal ulcer)
• Primary therapy
• Promotion of re- epithelialisation
-Lubrication-Artificial tears
-Lid closure-Torsorrhaphy
-Bandage soft contact lens
• Prevention of perforation
-Tissue adhesive glue
-Conjunctival flap to cover the thinned
out cornea

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Principles in the management (cont)
•Ascorbate-in severe alkali burns to promote
healing
•Severe non-responding cases need therapeutic
penetrating keratoplasty
•Restoration of transparency:
- Healed corneal ulcer with dense
scarring - penetrating kerotoplasty
•Non responding ulcers- lead to perferation or
endophthalmitis/ pan ophthalmitis- which needs
evisceration

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Endophthalmitis
•Intraocular inflamation of ocular cavities and
their adjacent structures without extending
beyond sclera.
Panophthalmitis
•Endophthalmitis + Involvement of sclera and
tenons capsule extending into orbital tissues.

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Endophthalmitis
•Causes: Exogenous & Endogenous
•Exogenous:
-Penetrating ocular trauma
-Post op. complications (cataract & filtering
operations).
-Corneal ulcer
•Endogenous:
-Septic emboli- bacterial endocarditis
-Severe uveitis- immunocomp. Patients.
-Toxoplasma chorioretinitis.
-Spread of inf. From adjacent structures

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Endophthalmitis
•Clinical features:
Ciliary injection.
 Exudation in AC with hypopyon.
 Posterior synachiae.
Posterior uveitis.
Vitreous opacities/ choroiditis.
•Treatment:
Vitreal tap for C & S and treat with
appropriate antibiotics.

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Endophthalmitis

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Anterior Uveitis (Iridocyclitis)
Inflamation of uveal tract
•Symptoms:
-Pain, unilateral red eye, photophobia
and blurred vision.
•Signs:
-Circumcorneal congestion.
-Hazy anterior chamber with cells.
-Severe inflamation hypopyon
-Keratic precipitates on endothelium.
-Constricted pupil with post. synachiae.

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Anterior Uveitis (Iridocyclitis) (cont)
•Aetiology:
Exogenous- trauma etc.
Endogenous:
- Idiopathic
- Inf.- TB, candida, H.Zoster,
Toxoplasmosis, Toxocara
- Associated with systemic diseases as
D.M, ankylosing spondylitis, sarcoidosis.

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Anterior Uveitis (Iridocyclitis) (cont)
•Investigations:
ESR, RBS, Blood VDRL, Chest X-Ray,
X-Ray Sacroiliac joint.
•Treatment:
Steroids (local & systemic)
Mydriatics- to dilate pupil
Specific treatment to treat the cause

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Anterior Uveitis

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Anterior Uveitis

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Thank You
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