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

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left"> Bacterial pathogens</td><td align="center"></td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Propionibacterium acnes</td><td align="center">Ochrobactrum anthropi</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Staphylococcus species</td><td align="center">Hafnia alvei</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Corynebacterium</td><td align="center">Sphingomona spaucimobilis</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Nocardia</td><td align="center">Mycobacterium chelonae</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Cephalosporium and Acremonium</td><td align="center">Pseudomonas stutzeri</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Paecilomyces</td><td align="center">Achromobacter</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Fungul pathogens</td><td align="center"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Aspergillus species</td><td align="center">Fonsecaea pedrosoi</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Candida species</td><td align="center">Paecilomyces species</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Curvularia lunata</td><td align="center">Acremonium strictum</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Infectious pathogens isolated in chronic postoperative endophthalmitis [<a href="/journals/iji/2012/313248/#B5">5</a>, <a href="/journals/iji/2012/313248/#B16">16</a>, <a href="/journals/iji/2012/313248/#B25">22</a>–<a href="/journals/iji/2012/313248/#B57">27</a>].

International Journal of Inflammation

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Table 1: Chronic Postoperative Endophthalmitis: A Review of Clinical Characteristics, Microbiology, Treatment Strategies, and Outcomes 