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SUBMITTER: Lourthai P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8275623 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lourthai Preeyachan P Choopong Pitipol P Dhirachaikulpanich Dhanach D Soraprajum Kunravitch K Pinitpuwadol Warinyupa W Punyayingyong Noppakhun N Ngathaweesuk Yaninsiri Y Tesavibul Nattaporn N Boonsopon Sutasinee S
Scientific reports 20210712 1
To evaluate a 10-year visual outcome of endogenous endophthalmitis (EE) patients. A 10-year retrospective chart review of EE patients. Thirty-eight patients (40 eyes) were diagnosed with EE at the mean age of 42. Among the identifiable pathogens (71.1% culture positive), the causative agents were predominantly gram-negative bacteria (48.1%). The most common specie was Klebsiella pneumoniae (25.9%). About a quarter of the patients required surgical eye removal, and the remaining 45.7% had visual ...[more]