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Table 1 Demograhic characteristics, co-morbidities, primary focus of infection, presenting and final visual acuity, medical and surgical treatment, vitreous and blood cultures, follow-up period and systemic and ocular complications

From: Long-term follow-up of a healthy man with endogenous Streptococcus anginosus endophthalmitis

 

Age/gender/ Eye

Co-morbidities

Primary focus of infection

Presenting VA

Final VA

Medical therapy

Vitreous culture/Blood culture

Surgical intervention

Location of retinal infiltrate

Follow-up period

Systemic or Ocular complications

Present Study, 2023

46/M/RE

None

None

20/60

20/20

IV ceftriaxone, P, IVI vancomycin, ceftazidime and TA

 +/-

PPV

Superonasal and inferior peripheral retina

One year

CME, NVD

Lin et al., [9] 2023

25/F/LE

None

Remote history of facial cellulitis and possible sinusitis

CF

HM

IVI voriconazole, clindamycin, and vancomycin (Empiric therapy)

 +/-

PPV

Overlying macula and optic nerve

2months

Fibrotic changes of macular lesion, loss of foveal contour and outer retinal structures on OCT

Hadid et al., [2] 2005

62/M/LE

Recovered of NHL, poorly controlled NIDDM, anemia of chronic disease, recurrent oral candidiasis

SBE, mitral regurgitation with signs of vegetation and a probable tear in anterior mitral leaflet

20/200

HM

IV benzylpenicillin, gentamicin

IVI vancomycin, ceftazidime

-/ + 

PPV

Superonasal to optic disk

4weeks

Emergency mitral valve replacement  for disruption of anterior mitral leaflet

Koay et al., [10] 2012

52/M/LE

None

Diverticular disease that likely predisposed to liver abscesses

CF

6/18

3-week course of IV amoxicillin, gentamicin, later on, 3-week course of oral amoxicillin

 + AC/ + 

none

Superior temporal quadrant

3weeks

none

Itoh et al., [11]  2010

60/M/BE

Severe gingivitis

Brain abscess in left occipital lobe and infectious endocarditis

RE 0.02

0.7

LE 0.6

0.7

IV imipenem

-/ + 

RE

PPV, draining

subretinal abscess

and phacoemulsification with IOL implantation

RE dense vitritis obscuring fundus view, LE

white mass on fovea

10months

Mitral valve replacement,  and total dental extraction

Okada et al., [8] 1994

75/M/NR

NR

Endocarditis and liver abscess

Presenting VA-NR

Final-HM

IVI antibiotics

 + / + 

PPV

Panuveitis

NR

NR

  1. VA Visual acuity, M male, F female, RE right eye, LE left eye, BE both eyes, IV intravenous, IVI intravitreal injection, P prednisone, TA triamcinolone acetonide, PPV pars plana vitrectomy, NVD optic disc neovascularization, CME cystoid macular edema, CF counting fingers, HM hand motion, OCT optical coherence tomography, NHL non- Hodgkin’s lymphoma, NIDDM non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, SBE subacute bacterial endocarditis, AC anterior chamber, IOL intraocular lens, NR not reported