Risk Factors for Endophthalmitis and Retinal Detachment with Retained Intraocular Foreign Bodies

Table 2

Endophthalmitis in eyes with IOFBs: demographics, organisms, and outcomes.

Case no.	Age	Mechanism of injury	Time from injury to presentation (days)	Time from injury to IOFB removal (days)	Culture result	IOFB	Initial corrected VA	Last corrected VA	Postoperative course
1	55	Mowing lawn	4	4	Enterococcus sp.	Magnetic wire 16 mm	HM	20/400	No further surgery
2	42	Hammering metal	6	6	S. aureus	Magnetic 1 mm	HM	1/200	No further surgery
3	31	Hammering metal	1	1	Bacillus sp., S. epidermidis	Magnetic 2 mm	HM	20/800	Ret. detachment, PPV/MP/SOX
4	50	Using weed eater	5	8	Bacillus sp.	Nonmetal 1 mm	HM	20/800	Ret. detachment, PPV/SB/MP/SOI
5	32	Hammering metal	3	5	Moraxella sp.	Nonmetal 1 mm	HM	HM	Ret. Detachment, PPV/SB/SOI
6	39	Mowing lawn	0.25 (6 hours)	0.5 (10 hours)	P. acnes	Magnetic wire 14 mm	HM	2/200	No further surgery
7	41	Hammering metal	1	1	Bacillus sp.	Nonmetal 2 mm	NLP	NLP	Enucleation