Clinical Study
Intravitreal Dexamethasone in the Management of Delayed-Onset Bleb-Associated Endophthalmitis
Table 2
Repeat culture results.
| | IVD | No IVD | value | | 70/83 (84%) | 13/83 (16%) |
| Repeat Cultures Performed: | | | | Number of eyes | 11 (16%) | 3 (23%) | 0.52 | Mean time, days (range) | 20 (1–60) | 14 (2–30) | 0.64 | Primary culture results | | | | Streptococcus | 4 (36%) | 2 (67%) | | Enterococcus faecalis | 2 (18%) | 0 | | Coagulase-neg Staph. | 2 (18%) | 1 (33%) | | Enterobacter aerogenes | 1 (9%) | 0 | | No growth | 2 (18%) | 0 | 0.43 | Repeat culture results | | | | Streptococcus | 0 | 1 (33%) | | Enterococcus faecalis | 2 (18%) | 0 | | Coagulase-neg Staph. | 0 | 0 | | Enterobacter aerogenes | 0 | 0 | | No growth | 9 (82%) | 2 (67%) | 0.57 |
| Repeat culture positive rate | 2 (3%) | 1 (8%) | 0.57 |
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