Clinical Study
Review of Clinical Features, Microbiological Spectrum, and Treatment Outcomes of Endogenous Endophthalmitis over an 8-Year Period
Table 1
Clinical features of 22 eyes of 21 patients with endogenous endophthalmitis.
| Patient no. | Gender | Age at presentation | Infective focus | VA at presentation | VA at latest visit | Microorganism |
| 1 | Male | 38 | Liver | HM | NLP | Klebsiella pneumoniae | 2 | Male | 71 | Liver | NLP | Eviscerated | Klebsiella pneumoniae | 3 | Female | 43 | Nasopharynx | FC | Eviscerated | Staph. aureus + Strep. pneumoniae | 4 | Female | 58 | Liver | FC | 20/200 | Klebsiella pneumoniae | 5 | Female | 75 | Urinary tract | HM | NLP | Escherichia coli | 6 | Male | 89 | Pulmonary | 20/1200 | Eviscerated | Strep. pneumoniae | 7 | Male | 51 | Central nervous system | FC | N/A | Candida sp. | 8 | Male | 42 | Brain | FC | NLP | Candida sp. | 9 | Male | 41 | Liver | LP | NLP | Klebsiella pneumoniae | 10 | Female | 67 | Necrotizing fasciitis | HM | NLP | Strep. Pyogenes | 11 | Male | 70 | Nil | 20/1200 | NLP | Aspergillus sp. | 12 | Male | 55 | Intravenous drug | HM | 20/400 | Staph. Aureus | 13 | Female | 75 | Urinary tract | LP | NLP | Klebsiella pneumonia | 14a | Female | 60 | Urinary tract | FC | 20/320 | Candida sp. | 14b | | | | 20/800 | NLP | Candida sp. | 15 | Female | 65 | Nil | LP | Eviscerated | Klebsiella pneumonia | 16 | Female | 58 | Urinary tract | HM | Eviscerated | Escherichia coli | 17 | Male | 65 | Urinary tract | HM | NLP | Candida sp. | 18 | Male | 76 | Nil | NLP | Eviscerated | Klebsiella pneumoniae | 19 | Female | 58 | Knee | HM | NLP | Strep. agalactiae | 20 | Female | 86 | Urinary tract | HM | 20/100 | Klebsiella pneumonia | 21 | Male | 56 | Back abscess | 20/400 | 20/200 | Enterobacter sp. |
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FC: finger counting; HM: hand motion; LP: light perception; NLP: no light perception.
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