Review Article

Chronic Postoperative Endophthalmitis: A Review of Clinical Characteristics, Microbiology, Treatment Strategies, and Outcomes

Table 3

Visual acuity outcomes reported in four major series of chronic postoperative endophthalmitis [5, 16, 18, 28].

VA outcomeFox ( )Clark ( )Al-Mezaine ( )Shirodkar ( )Overall ( )

≥20/409 (47.3%)18 (50%)5 (29.4%)13 (50%)45 (45.9%)
20/50 ≥ 20/4006 (31.5%)10 (28%)4 (23.5%)6 (23%)26 (26.5%)
<20/400 ≥ 5/2001 (5.2%)2 (5%)2 (11.7%)2 (7.7%)7 (7.1%)
<5/200-NLP3 (15.8%)6 (17%)6 (35%)5 (19.2%)20 (20.4%)