EXOGENOUS ENDOPHTHALMITIS -- Acute Postoperative Endophthalmitis -- Chronic Endophthalmitis -- OTHER CAUSES OF EXOGENOUS ENDOPHTHALMITIS -- Filtering Procedure -- Post-Traumatic Endophthalmitis -- Retinal Detachment Surgery -- Pars plana vitrectomy -- Refractive Keratotomy -- Penetrating Keratoplasty -- Keratoprosthesis -- Secondary Lens Implantation -- ENDOGENOUS ENDOPHTHALMITIS -- Epidemiology -- Pathophysiology -- Classification of Bacterial Endogenous Endophthalmitis -- Candida -- Aspergillosis -- Cryptococcosis -- Pseudoallescherosis -- Laboratory Work-up -- Treatment and Management -- MICROBIOLOGY -- Bacterial cell Wall -- Organisms -- Chemical tests for Differentiating Organisms -- Culturing Medium -- Plating and Culturing -- Gram Staining Procedure -- Technique -- INFLAMMATION -- Ocular Immune Privilege -- Fibrin Membrane Formation -- Ocular Sequelae of Fibrin and Fibrinogen Peptides -- Inflammatory Response -- Differential Diagnosis -- Masquerade Syndrome -- Infectious Uveitis -- Inflammatory Uveitis -- Immunologic Uveitis -- USE OF STEROIDS AS ADJUNCTIVE TREATMENT -- Corticosteroids -- Modulating immune response -- Visual acuity -- Drug Interaction -- Toxicity -- Timing -- Summary of Studies -- PHARMACOLOGY -- Fluoroquinolones -- Cephalosporins -- Vancomycin -- Aminoglycoside -- Penicillin -- Others.