Table 2.

Selected reports of topical antibiotics with intravitreal injection

Series	n	Nation	Rate without topical antibiotics (%)	Rate with topical antibiotics (%)	P-value
Bhatt et al39	4,767	USA	0.20	0.22	0.75
Bhavsar et al40	8,027	USA	0.03	0.13	0.25
Cheung et al44	15,895	Canada	0.038	0.061–0.084	NR
Falavarjani et al45	5,901	Iran	0	0.10	0.18
Park et al47	17,332	Korea	0.035	0	0.81
Ramel et al49,*	11,450	France	0.2	0.03	0.024
Storey et al41	117,171	USA	0.032	0.049	NR
Falavarjani et al46	8,037	Iran	0	0.01	0.30
Gregori et al43	121,285	USA	0.02	0.013	0.38
Meredith et al42	18,509	USA	0.15	0.04–0.08	0.20

Note:

^*Series reporting significant difference in endophthalmitis rates.

Abbreviation: NR, not reported.