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Table 1 Cases of postoperative endophthalmitis caused by Sphingomonas paucimobilis

From: Recurrent post-operative endophthalmitis caused by Sphingomonas paucimobilis despite vitrectomy – a case and review of the literature

Author, year

Age, sex

Time to presentation

Recurrence

Treatment

Initial VA

Outcome

Adams, 2006 [9]

73, female

< 24 h post op

7 months post initial endophthalmitis

Vitrectomy and posterior capsulotomy; intravitreal ceftazidime, vancomycin and dexamethasone; oral ciprofloxacin, topical prednisolone, chloramphenicol and gentamicin

 

Final BCVA 6/6

Seo, 2008 [12]

62, male

3 months post op

Nil

Vitrectomy, lens removal, intravitreal ceftazidime

 

Final BCVA 20/300

Garrido, 2014 [10]

67, female

Day 3 post op

Nil

Intravitreal vancomycin and ceftazidime; topical dexamethasone; intravenous ceftazidime

 

Evisceration

Huang, 2015 [14]

      

Kelkar, 2016 [11]

-

Day 1 post op

-

-

 

Final BCVA 20/200

Mitra, 2018 [13]

16, male

1 month post op

Nil

Intravitreal vancomycin, ceftazidime and dexamethasone; oral ciprofloxacin; topical moxifloxacin and prednisolone

 

Final BCVA 20/60

Agarwal, 2019 [4]

17, male

Day 2 post op

Nil

3x vitrectomies; 3x courses of ceftazidime and gentamycin

 

Non-responsive to treatment, phthisis bulbi, NPL