An Eleven-Year Retrospective Study of Endogenous Bacterial Endophthalmitis

Table 1

Patient characteristics and systemic features.

Number	Age; (years)	Sex	Underlying medical condition	Presumed infection source	CRP (mg/dL)	WBC; (/μL)	β-D-glucan (pg/mL)	Systemic steroid	Days from onset of symptoms to initial examination (ophthalmologist)
1	72	M	HT, cardiac disease	Liver abscess	8.18	13100	ND	−	4 (same day)
2	60	F	DM	Psoas abscess	21.42	15890	ND	−	0 ()
3	72	F	DM, uterine cancer	Peritonitis	6.8	18100	ND	−	3 (same day)
4^†	76	M	DM	Pneumonia	30.23	14230	<5.0	−	29 (same day)
5^†	80	M	Gastric cancer	Catheter-related	9.98	12700	ND	−	6 (same day)
6	73	M	Autoimmune hemolytic anemia, DM, HT	Unknown (many organs)	0.34	12630	230	+	2 (2)^‡
7	74	F	Cardiac disease	Infective endocarditis	10.65	11850	<5.0	−	5 (14)
8^†	77	M	Colon cancer, intestinal perforation	Peritonitis	2.69	9390	6.3	+	28 (same day)
9	60	M	DM, HT, hemodialysis, gastric ulcer, infectious spondylitis	Soft tissue infection	7.68	4490	15.4	−	6 (same day)
10	70	F	Lung disease, HT	Pneumonia	10.93	14200	6.6	−	2 (2)^‡
11	58	M	DM, cardiac disease	Infective endocarditis	18.71	12050	5.3	−	1 (8)
12	73	M	Urological disease	Urinary tract infection	16.15	19320	ND	−	4 (same day)
13^†	41	F	Adult onset Still’s disease	Unknown	0.8	24560	<5.0	+	2 (30)
14^†	59	M	DM, hemodialysis	Burn	9.32	9400	ND	−	13 (same day)
15	71	F	DM, HT, cardiac disease, rheumatoid arthritis	Infective endocarditis	18.96	15500	ND	−	1 (same day)
16	79	M	DM, colon cancer	Unknown	10.09	8230	<5.0	−	1 (1)^‡
17^†	71	M	DM, HT, renal failure, liver cirrhosis, rupture of umbilical hernia	Catheter-related	12.25	8470	9.1	−	6 (7)
18	78	M	Renal failure	Unknown	0.62	7300	11.9	+	5 (same day)
19^†	55	M	DM, HT	Head trauma	14.49	23210	<5.0	−	2 (2)^‡
20	68	F	DM	Leg abscess	0.09	11610	<5.0	+	3 (3)^‡
21^†	72	M	DM, cardiac disease	Renal trauma	3.69	9770	19.6	−	2 (same day)

Hospital-acquired patient; CRP, C-reactive protein; WBC, white blood cell; M, male; F, female; DM, diabetes mellitus; HT, hypertension; ND, not done; ^‡initially consulted an ophthalmologist.