Clinical profile, visual outcome and root cause analysis of post-operative cluster endophthalmitis due to .

Purpose: To present varied clinical presentations, surveillance reports, and final visual outcomes of a rare outbreak of cluster endophthalmitis caused by gram-negative, opportunistic bacilli, Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc).

Methods: Details of five patients who developed postoperative cluster endophthalmitis were collected. For each patient, an undiluted vitreous sample was collected during vitreous tap.