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Table 1 Summary of study details, clinical features, pathogen and method of identification of SRA without systemic foci

From: Subretinal abscess: causative pathogens, clinical features and management

S/N

Study

Year

Country

N of patients

Laterality

Sex

Age

Type of SRA

Co-morbidities

Causative pathogen

Method of identification

1

Wilmarth, Annal Ophthal

1983

USA

1

RE

M

27

SRA + EE

IV drug and amphetamins use

Aspergillus Fumigatus

vitreous, cotton wool balls

2

Halperin, Arch Ophthal

1988

USA

1

RE

M

40

SRA + EE

IV drug use

Aspergillus Flavus

SRA

3

Shields, Retina

1995

USA

2

LE

F

6

SRA + EE

none

not isolated

LE

F

2 weeks

SRA + EE

none

not isolated

4

Garg, Retina

2006

USA

1

RE

F

52

SRA + EE

DM

Moraxella spp.

vitreous

5

Huynh, Ret Cas Brief Rep

2008

USA

1

BE

F

62

SRA + EE

SRA + EE

auto-immune haemolitic anaemia

Candida A.

SRA

6

Kanuraki, Int Ophthalmol

2010

Japan

1

RE

F

51

SRA

cirrhosis, liver transplant

Candida A.

epiretinal proliferative tissue

7

Anderson, Ret Cas Brief Rep

2012

USA

1

LE

M

40

SRA

none

Acanthamoeba

SRA

8

Matthews, Indian J Ophthalmol

2013

UK

1

RE

M

67

SRA + EE

rheumatoid arthritis

not specified fungus (phaeohyphomycosis)

SRA

9

Panigrahi, Indian J Ophthalmol

2014

India

1

RE

M

50

SRA + EE

healthy

Aspergillus Terreus

vitreous

10

Silva, Retina

2015

USA

2

RE

M

46

SRA + EE

HIV

Nocardia Asteroides

SRA

LE

F

69

SRA

Wegener granulomatosis

Nocardia Asteroides

enucleated eye

11

Cheng, Ret Cas Brief Rep

2016

Australia

1

LE

M

82

SRA + EE

DM

E. coli

SRA

12

Xu, BMC Ophthalmol

2018

China

1

RE

M

61

SRA + EE

DM, peptic ulcer

Klebsiella P.

vitreous

13

Joseph, Indian J Ophthalmol

2018

India

1

RE

M

36

SRA + EE

HIV

Cryptococcus Neoformans

vitreous

14

Majumder, Ocul Immun Inflamm

2018

India

1

BE

M

25

SRA (RE)

SRA + EE (LE)

glomerolusclerosis

Nocardia Arthritidis, Mycobacterium TB

SRA

15

Verma, Ocul Immun Inflamm

2020

India

1

LE

M

45

SRA + EE

none

Citrobacter

vitreous

16

Nair, Indian J Ophthalmol

2020

India

1

LE

F

14

SRA + EE

none

Mycobacterium TB

acqueous

17

Mata-Moret, Europ J Ophthalmol

2020

Spain

1

LE

F

42

SRA + EE

asthma

Aspergillus Nidulans

vitreous

18

Yang, Ret Cas Brief Rep

2021

USA

1

LE

F

77

SRA + EE

DM

S. aureus

SRA

  1. S/N Study number, RE Right eye, LE Left eye, BE Both eyes, M Male, F Female, SRA Subretinal abscess, EE Endogenous endophthalmitis, IV Intravenous, DM Diabetes mellitus