Research Article
Atypical Microbiological Feature of Infectious Endophthalmitis on Jeju Island: A 10-Year Study at a Single Tertiary Referral Center
Table 3
Identified organisms and treatment results in exogenous and endogenous endophthalmitis.
| Causative organism | No. | The number of | PPV/EVI | Injections | Success (%) |
| Exogenous | 20 | | | | G (+) bacteria | Staphylococcus species | Staphylococcus epidermidis | 4 | 3/1 | 8 | 3 (75.0) | Staphylococcus aureus | 2 | 2/0 | 3 | 1 (50.0) | Staphylococcus hominis | 1 | 2/0 | 4 | 1 (100) | Achromobacter xylosoxidans | | 4 | 12/0 | 49 | 4 (100) | Streptococcus species | Streptococcus oralis | 1 | 2/0 | 6 | 0 (0) | | Streptococcus intermedius | 1 | 1/0 | 2 | 1 (100) | G (−) bacteria | Moraxella species | | 3 | 3/1 | 6 | 1 (33.3) | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | | 2 | 1/2 | 3 | 0 (0) | Filamentous | Fusarium species | | 2 | 2/1 | 8 | 1 (50.0) |
| Endogenous | 7 | | | | G (−) bacteria | Klebsiella pneumoniae | | 6 | 6/0 | 10 | 2 (33.3) | Yeast | Candida species | | 1 | 1/0 | 3 | 0 (0) | | Total | | 27 | | | 14 (51.9) |
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PPV = pars plana vitrectomy. EVI = evisceration.
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