The emergence of Klebsiella pneumoniae endogenous endophthalmitis in the USA: basic and clinical advances

Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection

Table 2 Incidence of EE and KPEE among cases of systemic infection

Study		Date and location	Cases of systemic *K. pneumoniae* infection	Incidence of KPEE among *K. pneumoniae* systemic disease	Study		Date and location	Cases of systemic all-cause bacteremia	Incidence of EE
Asian studies	Sheu et al. [11]	1991 to 2009; Taiwan	602	7%	Non-Asian studies	Jackson et al. [1]	1984 to 2001; England	5,859	< 0.01%^a
	Sng et al. [4]	2004 to 2005; Singapore	133	3.8%
	Yang et al. [12]	1994 to 2001; Taiwan	200	11%
	Average incidence of KPEE in Asian countries			7.3%

^aThis is the only study available that reports on the prevalence of EE among a cohort of patients with systemic bacteremia.