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 organismNo.The number of
PPV/EVIInjectionsSuccess (%)

Exogenous20
G (+) bacteriaStaphylococcus speciesStaphylococcus epidermidis43/183 (75.0)
Staphylococcus aureus22/031 (50.0)
Staphylococcus hominis12/041 (100)
Achromobacter xylosoxidans412/0494 (100)
Streptococcus speciesStreptococcus oralis12/060 (0)
Streptococcus intermedius11/021 (100)
G (−) bacteriaMoraxella species33/161 (33.3)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa21/230 (0)
FilamentousFusarium species22/181 (50.0)

Endogenous7
G (−) bacteriaKlebsiella pneumoniae66/0102 (33.3)
YeastCandida species11/030 (0)
Total2714 (51.9)

PPV = pars plana vitrectomy. EVI = evisceration.