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@ARTICLE{Wicherski:280258,
author = {Wicherski, Julia and Peltner, Jonas and Becker, Cornelia
and Schüssel, Katrin and Brückner, Gabriela and
Schlotmann, Andreas and Schröder, Helmut and Kern, Winfried
V and Haenisch, Britta},
title = {{A}ssociation between fluoroquinolones and retinal
detachment: insights from a large {G}erman health
claims-based cohort study.},
journal = {BMC ophthalmology},
volume = {25},
number = {1},
issn = {1471-2415},
address = {London},
publisher = {BioMed Central},
reportid = {DZNE-2025-00936},
pages = {447},
year = {2025},
abstract = {Real-world evidence on fluoroquinolone-associated retinal
detachment is contradictory. Therefore, we aim to examine
the association between newly prescribed fluoroquinolones
and the occurrence of retinal detachment with recent data
from a large central European country.A cohort study with an
active comparator new user design was conducted. Dispensings
of fluoroquinolone episodes were compared to a group of
reference antibiotic episodes (amoxicillin, amoxicillin
clavulanic acid, azithromycin, cefuroxime, cephalexin,
clindamycin, sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim, and
doxycycline). Data from one of the largest statutory health
insurances in Germany, the AOK, were used to follow up
individuals with new antibiotic dispensing during the years
2014-2018 for the occurrence of retinal detachment.
Piece-wise exponential additive mixed models adjusted for
person-time, age, gender, comorbidities, year, and quarter
at index were applied to estimate adjusted hazard ratios
(aHR) with corresponding $95\%$ confidence intervals $(95\%$
CI).In total, 15,232,585 antibiotic episodes were included
in the cohort of which $0.05\%$ episodes had an incident
retinal detachment. The covariate-adjusted hazard ratio for
fluoroquinolone episodes was 1.01 [0.95;1.08]. Likewise, in
the propensity score-matched cohort the covariate-adjusted
hazard ratio was 0.99 [0.92;1.07]. Moreover, there was
little evidence for differences in age and gender subgroups,
by follow-up time, selection of active comparator agent,
dosage category, or censoring approach.This large German
cohort study found no meaningful real-world evidence for the
association between fluoroquinolones and retinal detachment
compared to a group of active comparator antibiotics.},
keywords = {Humans / Fluoroquinolones: adverse effects / Germany:
epidemiology / Female / Male / Retinal Detachment:
epidemiology / Retinal Detachment: chemically induced /
Middle Aged / Anti-Bacterial Agents: adverse effects / Aged
/ Adult / Incidence / Cohort Studies / Retrospective Studies
/ Follow-Up Studies / Young Adult / Active comparator new
user design (Other) / Administrative cohort (Other) /
Adverse drug reactions (Other) / Fluoroquinolones (Other) /
Real-world data (Other) / Fluoroquinolones (NLM Chemicals) /
Anti-Bacterial Agents (NLM Chemicals)},
cin = {AG Hänisch},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)1013010},
pnm = {354 - Disease Prevention and Healthy Aging (POF4-354)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-354},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:40775308},
doi = {10.1186/s12886-025-04284-5},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/280258},
}