Effect of blood on susceptibility to Staphylococcal endophthalmitis.

Purpose: The authors examined the effect of blood on susceptibility to experimental endophthalmitis.

Methods: Forty rabbits received an injection of 5-25 colony-forming units of Staphylococcus epidermidis into the vitreous of the right eye. Twenty of these same eyes received a subsequent intravitreal injection of 0.