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The article focuses on ophthalmologist Robert W. Snyder's discussion about the efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis for reducing the risk of acute postcataract surgery endophthalmitis, at the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting in Chicago, Illinois. Snyder explains that the rationale of using antibiotics is to eliminate ocular surface pathogens to prevent intraocular inoculation. He notes that one of the earliest suggestions favoring the use of antibiotic prophylaxis emerged in a 1979 paper by Christy and Sommer.