Posttraumatic Bacillus cereus Endophthalmitis: Clinical Characteristics and Antibiotic Susceptibilities
Table 1
Demographic characteristics and outcomes of the 19 patients with B. cereus endophthalmitis.
Case no./age/sex
Job
Eye
Cause of trauma
Onset time (day)
Initial VA
Character of IOFB
Culture
Surgery
Intraocular tamponade
Final VA
1/55/M
Worker
OS
Foreign body when digging the ground
1
LP
Metal
Vitreous
PPV
Silicone oil
HM
2/51/M
Worker
OS
Nail
1
NLP
No
Aqueous
Evisceration
—
Ocular prosthesis
3/45/M
Worker
OD
Nail
1
HM
Metal
Vitreous
PPV
BBS
HM
4/50/M
Worker
OS
Foreign body when hammering
1
NLP
Metal
Aqueous
Evisceration
—
Ocular prosthesis
5/7/M
Student
OD
Slingshot
2
LP
No
Vitreous
PPV
Silicone oil
FC
6/45/M
Peasantry
OD
Foreign body when mowing grass
1
NLP
Metal
Vitreous
PPV
BBS
NLP
7/6/M
No job
OD
Reed pole
2
LP
No
Vitreous
Evisceration
—
Ocular prosthesis
8/8/M
Student
OS
Wire
2
HM
No
Vitreous
PPV
Silicone oil
20/1000
9/48/M
Worker
OS
Foreign body when mowing grass
1
LP
Glass
Vitreous
PPV
Silicone oil
FC
10/56/M
Worker
OS
Foreign body when mowing grass
1
LP
No
Vitreous
Evisceration
—
Ocular prosthesis
11/6/M
No job
OD
Scissors
1
HM
No
Vitreous
PPV
Silicone oil
20/400
12/50/M
Worker
OD
Foreign body when mowing grass
1
LP
Metal
Vitreous
PPV
Silicone oil
LP
13/47/M
Worker
OD
Fire extinguisher explosion
1
HM
Nonmetallic
Vitreous
—
—
NLP
14/6/M
No job
OS
Wooden stick
1
—
No
Vitreous
PPV
Silicone oil
—
15/2/M
No job
OD
Wire
1
—
Cilia
Vitreous
PPV
Silicone oil
—
16/61/M
Worker
OS
Foreign body when hammering
1
LP
Metal
Vitreous
PPV
Silicone oil
LP
17/7/M
Student
OS
Wooden stick
1
LP
No
Vitreous
PPV
Silicone oil
HM
18/52/M
Worker
OD
Board
1
NLP
No
Cornea
—
—
NLP
19/27/M
Worker
OS
Stone
1
HM
No
Vitreous
PPV
Silicone oil
HM
Patients with orbital cellulitis. Patients with silicone oil removal. VA: visual acuity; NLP: no light perception; LP: light perception; HM: hand movement; FC: figure count; PPV: pars plana vitrectomy.
