Kapil G Kapoor1, David O Hodge2, Jennifer L St Sauver2, Andrew J Barkmeier3. 1. Mayo Clinic Department of Ophthalmology, Rochester, Minnesota. 2. Mayo Clinic Department of Health Sciences Research, Rochester, Minnesota. 3. Mayo Clinic Department of Ophthalmology, Rochester, Minnesota. Electronic address: Barkmeier.Andrew@mayo.edu.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether oral fluoroquinolone antibiotics are associated with an increase in subsequent rhegmatogenous retinal detachment and symptomatic retinal breaks in a large population-based cohort. DESIGN: Population-based cohort study. PARTICIPANTS AND CONTROLS: Adult residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota, who were prescribed oral fluoroquinolone medications from January 1, 2003, to June 30, 2011. Comparison cohorts consisted of patients prescribed oral macrolide and β-lactam antibiotics during the study period. METHODS: Procedure codes were used to identify retinal detachment repair and prophylaxis procedures occurring within 1 year of prescription dates. Travel clinic, pro re nata, and self-treatment prescriptions were excluded. Patients with tractional retinal detachment, previous retinal detachment repair, endophthalmitis, and necrotizing retinitis were excluded, as were those with intraocular surgery or severe head/eye trauma ≤90 days before the procedure. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Rates of retinal detachment repair and prophylaxis procedures within 7, 30, 90, and 365 days of the first prescription were calculated and compared between antibiotic prescription cohorts using chi-square tests. Retinal detachment repair rates also were compared with the expected Olmsted County, Minnesota, rates using the one-sample log-rank test. RESULTS: Oral fluoroquinolones were prescribed for 38,046 patients (macrolide n = 48,074, β-lactam n = 69,079) during the study period. Retinal detachment repair procedures were performed within 365 days of the first prescription in 0.03% (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.01-0.06) of the fluoroquinolone cohort, 0.02% (95% CI, 0.01-0.03) of the macrolide cohort, and 0.03% (95% CI, 0.02-0.05) of the β-lactam cohort (P > 0.05). Retinal detachment prophylaxis procedures for symptomatic retinal breaks were performed within 365 days of the first prescription in 0.01% (95% CI, 0.00-0.03) of the fluoroquinolone cohort, 0.02% (95% CI, 0.01-0.04) of the macrolide cohort, and 0.02% (95% CI, 0.01-0.04) of the β-lactam cohort (P > 0.05). Similar comparisons of treatment rates within 7, 30, and 90 days of the first prescription were all nonsignificant between cohorts. Post-fluoroquinolone retinal detachment repair rates were similar to expected rates (36.8 per 100,000/year vs. 28.8 per 100,000/year for age- and sex-matched historical rates, P = 0.35). CONCLUSIONS: Oral fluoroquinolone use was not associated with an increased risk of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment or symptomatic retinal breaks in this population-based study.
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether oral fluoroquinolone antibiotics are associated with an increase in subsequent rhegmatogenous retinal detachment and symptomatic retinal breaks in a large population-based cohort. DESIGN: Population-based cohort study. PARTICIPANTS AND CONTROLS: Adult residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota, who were prescribed oral fluoroquinolone medications from January 1, 2003, to June 30, 2011. Comparison cohorts consisted of patients prescribed oral macrolide and β-lactam antibiotics during the study period. METHODS: Procedure codes were used to identify retinal detachment repair and prophylaxis procedures occurring within 1 year of prescription dates. Travel clinic, pro re nata, and self-treatment prescriptions were excluded. Patients with tractional retinal detachment, previous retinal detachment repair, endophthalmitis, and necrotizing retinitis were excluded, as were those with intraocular surgery or severe head/eye trauma ≤90 days before the procedure. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Rates of retinal detachment repair and prophylaxis procedures within 7, 30, 90, and 365 days of the first prescription were calculated and compared between antibiotic prescription cohorts using chi-square tests. Retinal detachment repair rates also were compared with the expected Olmsted County, Minnesota, rates using the one-sample log-rank test. RESULTS: Oral fluoroquinolones were prescribed for 38,046 patients (macrolide n = 48,074, β-lactam n = 69,079) during the study period. Retinal detachment repair procedures were performed within 365 days of the first prescription in 0.03% (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.01-0.06) of the fluoroquinolone cohort, 0.02% (95% CI, 0.01-0.03) of the macrolide cohort, and 0.03% (95% CI, 0.02-0.05) of the β-lactam cohort (P > 0.05). Retinal detachment prophylaxis procedures for symptomatic retinal breaks were performed within 365 days of the first prescription in 0.01% (95% CI, 0.00-0.03) of the fluoroquinolone cohort, 0.02% (95% CI, 0.01-0.04) of the macrolide cohort, and 0.02% (95% CI, 0.01-0.04) of the β-lactam cohort (P > 0.05). Similar comparisons of treatment rates within 7, 30, and 90 days of the first prescription were all nonsignificant between cohorts. Post-fluoroquinoloneretinal detachment repair rates were similar to expected rates (36.8 per 100,000/year vs. 28.8 per 100,000/year for age- and sex-matched historical rates, P = 0.35). CONCLUSIONS: Oral fluoroquinolone use was not associated with an increased risk of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment or symptomatic retinal breaks in this population-based study.
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