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Endogenous Endophthalmitis in the American and Korean Population: An 8-year Retrospective Study
- Authors
- Cho, Heeyoon; Shin, Yong Un; Siegel, Nicole H.; Yu, Hyeong Gon; Sobrin, Lucia; Patel, Achal; Durand, Marlene L.; Miller, Joan W.; Husain, Deeba
- Issue Date
- May-2018
- Publisher
- TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
- Keywords
- Endogenous; endophthalmitis; infectious; vitrectomy
- Citation
- OCULAR IMMUNOLOGY AND INFLAMMATION, v.26, no.4, pp.496 - 503
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- Journal Title
- OCULAR IMMUNOLOGY AND INFLAMMATION
- Volume
- 26
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 496
- End Page
- 503
- ISSN
- 0927-3948
- Abstract
- Purpose: To study the clinical features of endogenous endophthalmitis (EE) in sample patient populations from the USA and South Korea over an 8-year period. Methods: We reviewed data from 128 eyes of 60 American and 48 Korean patients diagnosed with EE and compared their clinical characteristics. Results: Fungemia and liver abscess were the most common extraocular infection sources among American (26.7%) and Korean patients (33.3%), respectively. Klebsiella pneumoniae and Candida species were the most common pathogens of EE in the Korean and the American patients, respectively. Endophthalmitis caused by fungi had a better visual prognosis than that caused by bacteria (p = 0.001). Vitrectomy was beneficial for eyes with EE due to virulent bacteria presenting with worse than counting finger vision. Conclusions: The predisposing conditions and responsible organisms for EE vary in different regions of the world. The visual prognosis was strongly influenced by the underlying pathogen.
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- Shin, Yong Un
- COLLEGE OF MEDICINE (DEPARTMENT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY)