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Table 4 Visual Acuity, treatment, culture result and outcomes for Patients with acute-onset postoperative endophthalmitis

From: Incidence of acute-onset endophthalmitis after separate bilateral cataract surgeries less than 5 days apart

Patient

Time to diagnosis (d)

Delayed time of the second eye (d)

Visual acuity (logMAR) at Diagnosis

Management (Intravitreal Medications)

culture result

Final visual acuity (logMAR)

1

5

4

0.3

PPV/IM (V, C, D)

Negative

0.6

2

31

2

1

PPV/IM (V, C, D)

Negative

1

3

19

3

0.92

IM (V, C, D)

Negative

0.3

4

30

3

LP

PPV/IM (V, C, D)

Methicillin resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci

HM

5

3

2

CF

IM (V, C, D)

Staphylococcus epidermidis

0.3

  1. C ceftazidime, CF counting finger, D dexamethasone, HM hand motion, IM intravitreal medications, LP light perception, PPV pars plana vitrectomy, V vancomycin