Research Article
A 14-Year Retrospective Analysis of Endogenous Endophthalmitis in a Tertiary Referral Center of Southern Thailand
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of the patients with endogenous endophthalmitis.
| Parameters | Number of patients (n = 27) |
| Sex: | Male | 10 (37%) | Female | 17 (63%) | Presence of underlying disease: | 18 (66.7%) | Diabetes mellitus | 13 (48.1%) | Hypertension | 8 (29.6%) | KUB system | 7 (25.9%) | Heart disease | 3 (11.1%) | Dyslipidemia | 2 (7.4%) | Liver disease | 2 (7.4%) | HBV infection | 2 (7.4%) | Lung disease | 1 (3.7%) | Graves’ disease | 1 (3.7%) | Hematologic disorder | 1 (3.7%) | HIV infection | 1 (3.7%) | Carcinoma | 1 (3.7%) | Presence of primary source of infection: | 11 (40.7%) | UTI | 5 (18.5%) | Abscess at any body part | 4 (14.8%) | Lung | 1 (3.7%) |
| | Number of eyes (n = 29) | Laterality: | Right | 12 (41.4%) | Left | 17 (58.6%) | Presenting VA: | No light perception | 10 (34.5%) | Light perception | 5 (17.2%) | Projection of light | 2 (6.9%) | Hand movement | 8 (27.6%) | Counting finger | 2 (6.9%) | Cannot be evaluated | 2 (6.9%) | Positive ocular culture: | 25 (86.2%) | Gram positive | 16 (55.2%) | Gram negative | 7 (24.1%) | Fungus | 6 (20.7%) | Treatment: | Intravitreal antibiotics prior to PPV or evisceration/enucleation | 13 (44.8%) | PPV | 18 (62.1%) | Evisceration/enucleation | 12 (41.4%) |
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A/C: anterior chamber; EOM: extraocular muscle movement; IOP: intraocular pressure; KUB: kidney ureter and bladder; PPV: pars plana vitrectomy; SD: standard deviation; UTI: urinary tract infection; VA: visual acuity.
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