Research Article
Endophthalmitis Caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Clinical Characteristics, Outcomes, and Antibiotics Sensitivities
Table 2
Summary of the 36 patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa endophthalmitis.
| | Variable | N (%) |
| | Sex | | | Male | 26 (72.2) | | Female | 10 (27.8) |
| | Age | | | 0–20 | 5 (13.9) | | 21–40 | 4 (11.1) | | 41–60 | 14 (36.9) | | 61–85 | 13 (36.1) |
| | Work | | | Retiree | 15 (41.7) | | Worker | 8 (22.2) | | Peasant | 5 (13.9) | | Other | 5 (13.9) | | Student | 3 (8.3) |
| | Clinical setting | | | Trauma | 15 (41.7) | | Corneal ulceration | 9 (25.0) | | Postoperative endophthalmitis | 5 (13.9) | | Unknown | 4 (11.1) | | Endogenous | 3 (8.3) |
| | System disease | | | No | 23 (63.9) | | Yes | 13 (36.1) |
| | Eye | | | OS | 19 (52.8) | | OD | 17 (47.2) |
| | Treatment | | | Evisceration | 16 (44.4) | | PPV | 13 (36.1) | | No surgery | 5 (13.9) | | Intravitreal antibiotics only | 2 (5.6) |
| | Final visual acuity | | | CF or better | 4 (20.0) | | HM | 8 (40.0) | | LP/NLP | 8 (40.0) |
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Visual acuity of 20 patients. PPV: pars plana vitrectomy. LP: light perception; NLP: no light perception; HM: hand move; CF: counting fingers. |
