Table 4 Organisms culture results for the 28 patients with BAE
From: Clinical analysis of infectious endophthalmitis following glaucoma filtration surgery
Organism | No. of isolates (%) |
|---|---|
Numbers of positive culture | 15 (53.6%) |
Gram-positive bacteria | 13 (46.4%) |
 Streptococcus viridans | 3 (10.7%) |
 Streptococcus mutans | 1 (3.6%) |
 Streptococcus pneumonia | 1 (3.6%) |
 Staphylococcus epidermidis | 1 (3.6%) |
 Staphylococcus sciuri | 1 (3.6%) |
 Staphylococcus hominis | 1 (3.6%) |
 Coagulase-negative staphylococcus | 1 (3.6%) |
 Gram-positive bacteria only detected by bacterial smear | 4 (14.3%) |
Gram-negative bacteria | 1 (3.6%) |
 Psedomonas stutzeri | 1 (3.6%) |
Fungi | 1 (3.6%) |
 Candida albicans | 1 (3.6%) |
P* | ≤ 0.001 |