Table 1 Clinical details of patients with endogenous endophthalmitis caused by group B streptococcus (present case series)
Case | Age range/Sex | Laterality | Underlying medical condition | Initial symptom | Referring doctor | Number of days between the onset of ocular symptoms and the initial examination by ophthalmologists | Culture testing | Infection focuses | Antibiotics | Surgery | Re-operations | Visual acuity | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blood | Ocular sample | Others | Systemic | Intravitreal | Initial | Final (follow up weeks) | ||||||||||
1 | 70-75/[1] | R | DM, uterine cancer | Fever, visual disturbance | Physician | 0 | (+) | Vitreous (+) | Urine (+) | Peritonitis | IPM/CS | VCM+CAZ | PPV+PEA | (-) | 0.03 | 1.0 (35) |
2 | 80-85/[2] | L | Gastric cancer | Fever, visual disturbance | Surgeon | 4 | (+) | N.D | N.D | Catheter-associated infection | CEZ | Not performed | (-) | (-) | 0.03 | 0.8 (77) |
3 | 70-75/[1] | L | DM, cardiac disease, rheumatoid arthritis | Fever, visual disturbance | Physician | 0 | (+) | N.D | N.D | Endocarditis | IPM/CS | Not performed | (-) | (-) | CF | 1.0 (32) |
4 | 80-85/[1] | L | Uterine cancer | Fatigue, Anorexia | Ophthalmologist | 1 | (-) | Aqueous (+), Vitreous (+) | Urine (-) | UTI | ABPC | VCM+CAZ | PPV | (-) | HM | LP (15) |
5 | 60-65/[1] | R | DM | Fatigue, Anorexia | Ophthalmologist | 0 | (+) | Aqueous (-), Vitreous (-) | Urine (+) | UTI, cellulitis, arthritis | ABPC | VCM+CAZ+VRCZ | PPV+IOL removal | PPV for RRD | 0.01 | 0.5 (9) |
6 | 70-75/[1] | R | DM | Algor | Ophthalmologist | 1 | (+) | Aqueous (+), Vitreous (+) | Urine (+) | UTI, cellulitis | ABPC | VCM+CAZ+VRCZ | Anterior chamber irrigation | PPV→ evisceration | LP | Evisceration (1) |