From: Early surgical debridement in the management of infectious scleritis after pterygium excision
Patient | Age at presentation, sex | Pterygium adjunctive therapy | Previous therapy | Latency perioda (years) | Other presenting findings | Relevant medical history | Bacterioscopy/culture result | Histopathology of scleral tissue | Time between presentation and debridement (days) |
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1 | 73, F | β-Irradiation | Tobramycin/dexamethasone gtts, ciprofloxacin ointment, glue | 8 | Serous RD/choroidal effusion, flare | Rheumatoid arthritis | Pseudomonas sp. | Acute/chronic necrotizing scleritisc | 15, 23 |
2 | 61, F | N/A | – | N/A | – | – | Pseudomonas sp. | Acute/chronic necrotizing scleritisc | 0 |
3 | 79, M | N/A | – | 20 | – | DM | No growth | Acute/chronic necrotizing scleritisc | 1 |
4 | 72, M | N/A | Erythromycin ointment | 1 | Choroidal effusion, posterior synechiae | Alcoholism | No growth | Acute/chronic necrotizing inflammation, fibrotic material within blood vessels, calcified materialc | 3 |
5 | 83, F | Mitomycin C | Ofloxacin gtts, moxifloxacin gtts | 0.33 | NVI | – | Pseudomonas sp. | Acute/chronic necrotizing scleritis | 5 |
6 | 64, M | N/A | Diclofenac gtts, rimexolone gtts, prednisolone gtts, homatropine gtts | 3 | Choroidal effusion | DM | Eikenella corrodens | Acute necrotizing scleritisc | 2 |
7 | 92, F | N/A | Moxifloxacin gtts, gatifloxacin gtts, doxycyclin PO, moxifloxacin PO | N/A | Meibomian gland dysfunction | DM | No growth | Acute necrotizing inflammation | 16 |
8 | 64, F | Mitomycin C | Moxifloxacin gtts, erythromycin gtts | 1.5 | Serous RD, angle-closure | DM | Pseudomonas sp. | Acute/chronic necrotizing scleritis | 14 |
9 | 49, M | N/A | Ofloxacin gtts | 3 | Glaucoma | DM | Streptococcus viridans in thio broth only | Chronic inflammation | 0, 28 |
10 | 68, F | N/A | – | N/A | Perforation | Rheumatoid arthritis | Staphylococcus aureus, one colony | Necrotizing scleritisc | 18 |
11 | 65, F | N/A | Tobramycin/dexamethasone gtts, homatropine gtts | 12 | Choroidal detachments | – | Pseudomonas sp. | Acute/chronic necrotizing scleritisc | 2 |
12 | 56, M | N/A | Removal of calcium plaque over pterygium resection site, fluorometholone gtts, prednisolone, neomycin/polymyxin B/dexamethasone ointment | 4 | Dry eye | – | Pseudomonas sp. | – | 32 |
13 | 77, M | – | Prednisolone gtts, neomycin/polymyxin B/dexamethasone ointment, cyclopentolate, atropine, brimonidine | 3 | RD | – | Pseudomonas sp. | – | 1 |
Averages | 69.5 | 5.9b | 6.4 |