Research Article

Atypical Microbiological Feature of Infectious Endophthalmitis on Jeju Island: A 10-Year Study at a Single Tertiary Referral Center

Table 4

The comparison between treatment success and treatment failure groups.

VariablesNo. of cases (%)
Treatment success (32 eyes)Treatment failure (17 eyes)-value

Age62.90 ± 17.9072.13 ± 13.670.086a
Sex0.990b
 Male17 (53.1)9 (52.9)
 Female15 (46.9)8 (47.1)

Diabetes mellitus0.038c
 Yes5 (15.6)8 (47.1)
 No27 (84.4)9 (52.9)

Hypertension0.801b
 Yes12 (37.5)7 (41.2)
 No20 (62.5)10 (58.8)

Hypopyon0.566b
 Yes18 (56.3)11 (66.7)
 No14 (43.7)6 (35.3)

Culture results0.715b
 positive13 (40.6)6 (35.3)
 negative19 (59.4)11 (64.7)

Initial BCVA (log MAR)1.71 ± 0.762.47 ± 0.23≤0.001a

Treatment number
 Vitrectomy1.42 ± 1.300.85 ± 0.800.153a
 Intravitreal injection3.77 ± 4.952.80 ± 1.930.472a

PPV = pars plana vitrectomy. BCVA = best-corrected visual acuity. a Independent t-test; b Pearson’s chi-square test; c Fisher’s exact test.