Table 8 Microbiologic profile compared to other countries. Our study showed a lower proportion of Gram-positive bacteria, less fungal infections compared to India and southern China, and a higher proportion of mixed pathogen infections
From: Infectious endophthalmitis at a Philippine tertiary hospital: a ten-year retrospective study
Organism | Canada [14] (n = 67) | Our study (n = 55) | Southern China [4] (n = 105) | Western China [16] (n = 266) | Thailand [17] (n = 122) | Eastern India [18] (n = 45) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gram-positive | 65.7% | 38.18% | 45.7% | 66.5% | 52.5% | 42.2% |
Gram-negative | 6.0% | 21.82% | 28.6% | 24.1% | 28.7% | 26.7% |
Fungal | 16.4% | 18.18% | 23.8% | 4.1% | 6.56% | 26.7% |
Mixed pathogens | 11.9% | 21.82% | 1.9% | 5.3% | 12.3% | 4.4% |