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Table 2 Endophthalmitis Rate and Contributing Factors in the Included Studies

From: Post-traumatic endophthalmitis prophylaxis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study (ref)

Antibiotic(s)

Route

Treatment Duration (days)

Endoph

-thalmitis (%)

IOFB

(%)

Presentation < 24 h (%)

Lens Injury (%)

Abouammoh et al., 2018 [8]

V/C

V/C

IV

IV/IO

5

5

3.74

1.70

13.3

19.3

88.1

89.8

29.6

27.2

Al-Mezaine et al., 2010 [9]

V/C

IV

5

3.50

1.9

88.2

28.9

Andreoli et al., 2009 [10]

V/C

IV

2

0.90

17.0

-

-

Dehghani et al., 2018 [11]

C/A

Cip

IV

Oral

1

3

2.02

3.66

16.1

20.5

-

-

Duch-Samper et al., 1997 [12]

C/A

IV

3

4.22

-

-

-

Du Toit et al., 2017 [25]

C

C

IV

Oral

3

3

2.00

2.67

0

0

-

-

Gupta et al., 2010 [13]

Cip

IV

5

11.49

5.7

-

-

Huang et al., 2016 [14]

V/C

IV

2

0.89

20.1

-

25.9

Mansouri et al., 2009 [15]

C/A

IV

3

5.00

24.0

-

-

Nakayama et al., 2019 [16]

C/A

-

-

6.62

-

-

-

Narang et al., 2003 [17]

Cip

V/C

IV

IV/IO

3

3

18.42

6.25

21.1

25.0

-

-

75.0

14.4

Rafati et al., 2013 [18]

C/A

IV

5

4.50

18.9

-

30.5

Soheilian et al., 2007 [19]

C/A

C/A

IV

IV/IO

5

5

4.79

0.56

15.0

15.1

-

-

Soliman et al., 2008 [20]

V/C

IV/IO

5

6.54

14.4

-

-

Tabatabaei et al., 2016 [21]

V/C

V/C

IV

Oral

3

3

2.14

2.16

4.30

-

-

-

Verbraeken et al., 1994 [22]

C/A

IV

1

4.07

37.7

-

-

  1. Abbreviations: IOFB Intraocular foreign body, h hour(s), V Vancomycin, C Cephalosporin, A Aminoglycoside, Cip Ciprofloxacin, IV Intravenous, IO Intraocular