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Table 1 Demographics and clinical features of patients with corneal suture-related endophthalmitis

From: Delayed-onset endophthalmitis associated with corneal suture infections

Case number

1

2

3

4

5

6

Sex/age (years)

Female, 71

Male, 70

Female, 36

Male, 72

Female, 73

Male, 74

Year

1996

1997

1999

2004

2007

2009

Prior surgery

PKP

PKP

PKP

PKP

PKP

CE.IOL

Location of suture abscess

Inferonasal

Superotemporal

Superotemporal

Superotemporal

Superotemporal

Superotemporal

Suture technique

Running

Interrupted

Interrupted

Running

Interrupted

Interrupted

Responsible organism

Streptococcus pyogenes

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Streptococcus agalactiae

Streptococcus salivarius

Serratia marcescens

Cornea culture result

Positive

Positive

Positive

Positive

Positive

Positive

Suture culture result

Not performed

Not performed

Not performed

Not performed

Positive

Positive

Anterior chamber culture result

Not performed

Not performed

Positive

Positive

Not performed

Not performed

Vitreous culture result

Positive

Positive

Not performed

Not performed

Positive

Positive

Contributing mechanism to suture abscess and endophthalmitis

Loose suture manipulated

Loose suture removed

None identified

Broken running suture

Loose suture removed

None identified

Time from prior surgery to suture abscess diagnosis

59 days

1,324 days

713 days

873 days

365 days

58 days

Time from suture manipulation or complication to endophthalmitis diagnosis

5 days

5 days

NA

4 days

57 days

NA

Topical steroid use at presentation

Prednisolone acetate 1% qid

Prednisolone acetate 1% tid

Prednisolone acetate 1% q1h

Prednisolone acetate 1% qid

Prednisolone acetate 1% bid

Prednisolone acetate 1% qid

Lens status

Pseudophakic

Pseudophakic

Pseudophakic

Pseudophakic

Pseudophakic

Pseudophakic

Intact posterior capsule

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Corneal perforation

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

  1. PKP penetrating keratoplasty, CE.IOL cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation, NA not applicable, qid four times a day, tid three times a day, q1h every 1 h, bid two times a day.