Table 1 Isolated organism and their antibiotic susceptibility in eyes with buckle infection
From: Scleral buckle infections: microbiological spectrum and antimicrobial susceptibility
No. /% of isolates (1992 to 2002) [17] | No. /% of isolates (2003 to 2012) | Percentage of organisms susceptible to different antibiotics (2003 to 2012) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total isolates | 73 | 51 | A | C | CE | CH | CI | G | V |
Total bacteria | 62/84.9% | 43/84% | |||||||
Gram positive cocci | 30/41.1% | 14/27% | 100 (n = 3) | 93 (n = 14) | nd | 82 (n = 11) | 85 (n = 13) | 77 (n = 13) | 100 (n = 13) |
Staphylococcus epidermidis | 20/27.4% | 7/14% | 100 (n = 1) | 86 (n = 7) | nd | 67 (n = 6) | 67 (n = 6) | 83 (n = 6) | 100 (n = 5) |
Staphylococcus aureus | 6/8.2% | 2/4% | 100 (n = 1) | 100 (n = 2) | nd | 100 (n = 2) | 100 (n = 2) | 100 (n = 2) | 100 (n = 2) |
Streptococcus pneumoniae | 4/5.5% | 1/2% | nd | 100 (n = 1) | nd | 100 (n = 1) | 100 (n = 1) | nd | 100 (n = 1) |
Brevibacterium species | - | 1/2% | 100 (n = 1) | 100 (n = 1) | nd | 100 (n = 1) | 100 (n = 1) | 100 (n = 1) | 100 (n = 1) |
Only gram positive cocci (no species identified) | - | 3/6% | nd | 100 (n = 3) | nd | 100 (n = 1) | 100 (n = 3) | 33 (n = 3) | 100 (n = 3) |
Gram negative bacteria | 7/9.6% | 13/25% | 100 (n = 9) | 0 (n = 6) | 60 (n = 5) | 46 (n = 13) | 100 (n = 13) | 69 (n = 13) | 40 (n = 5) |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | - | 5/10% | 100 (n = 3) | 0 (n = 2) | 67 (n = 3) | 0 (n = 5) | 100 (n = 5) | 60 (n = 5) | 0 (n = 1) |
Neisseria species | - | 2/4% | 100 (n = 1) | 0 (n = 1) | 100 (n = 1) | 100 (n = 2) | 100 (n = 2) | 50 (n = 2) | 100 (n = 1) |
Pseudomonas species | 2/2.7% | 2/4% | 100 (n = 1) | 0 (n = 1) | nd | 50 (n = 2) | 100 (n = 2) | 100 (n = 2) | nd |
Aeromonas hydrophila | - | 1/2% | nd | 0 (n = 1) | nd | 100 (n = 1) | 100 (n = 1) | 100 (n = 1) | 0 (n = 1) |
Acinetobacter baumannii | 2/2.7% | 1/2% | nd | 0 (n = 1) | nd | 0 (n = 1) | 100 (n = 1) | 0 (n = 1) | 0 (n = 1) |
Ralstonia pickettii | - | 1/2% | 100 (n = 1) | nd | 0 (n = 1) | 0 (n = 1) | 100 (n = 1) | 100 (n = 1) | nd |
Unidentified gram negative bacilli | - | 1/2% | nd | nd | nd | 100 (n = 1) | 100 (n = 1) | 0 (n = 1) | 100 (n = 1) |
Gram positive bacilli | 10/13.7% | 7/14% | 100 (n = 2) | 86 (n = 7) | nd | 57 (n = 7) | 57 (n = 7) | 86 (n = 7) | 100 (n = 6) |
Corynebacterium species | 6/8.2% | 7/14% | 100 (n = 2) | 86 (n = 7) | nd | 57 (n = 7) | 57 (n = 7) | 86 (n = 7) | 100 (n = 6) |
Acid-fast organism | 15/20.5% | 9/18% | 89 (n = 9) | 22.22 (n = 9) | 0 (n = 4) | 33.3 (n = 9) | 87 (n = 8) | 89 (n = 9) | 33.3 (n = 9) |
Mycobacterium chelonae | 6/8.2% | 6/12% | 83 (n = 6) | 33 (n = 6) | 0 (n = 3) | 33.3 (n = 6) | 80 (n = 5) | 83 (n = 6) | 33 (n = 6) |
Mycobacterium fortuitum | 6/8.2% | 2/4% | 100 (n = 2) | 0 (n = 2) | 0 (n = 1) | 0 (n = 2) | 100 (n = 2) | 100 (n = 2) | 50 (n = 2) |
Nocardia asteroides | 3/ 4.1% | 1/2% | 100 (n = 1) | 0 (n = 1) | nd | 100 (n = 1) | 100 (n = 1) | 100 (n = 1) | 0 (n = 1) |
Fungi | 11/15.1% | 8/16% | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
Aspergillus flavus | 4/5.5% | 4/8% | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
Aspergillus terreus | 3/ 4.1% | 1/2% | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
Dematiceous fungus | - | 1/2% | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
Acremonium species | - | 1/2% | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
Curvularia lunata | - | 1/2% | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |