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Table 6 Microbiological features of endophthalmitis in chronic dialysis patients

From: Epidemiology and outcomes of Endophthalmitis in chronic dialysis patients: a 13-year experience in a tertiary referral center in Taiwan

 

Dialysis

Control

 

Endogenous (N = 25)

Exogenous (N = 7)

Endogenous (N = 31)

Exogenous (N = 26)

 

Blood only

Vitreous only

Blood + Vitreous

Vitreous

Blood only

Vitreous only

Blood + Vitreous

Vitreous

Gram positive bacteria

  ORSA

4

1

 

1

1

   

  OSSA

1

   

1

1

  

  CoNS

 

2

1

  

1

 

6

  Staphylococcus epidermidis

       

1

  Staphylococcous homonis

       

1

  Streptococcus pneumoniae

     

2

  

 Group B Streoptococcus

    

2

   

 Streptococcus oralis

       

1

  Enterococcus faecalis

 

1

 

1

1

  

3

  Aerococcus

     

1

  

  Bacillus cerues

1

       

Gram negative bacteria

  Klebsiella pneumoniae

 

3

   

3

4

 

  Pseudomonas aeruginosa

 

1

2

    

2

  Pseudomonas fluorescens

 

1

      

  Morganella morganii

       

1

  Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

   

1

   

2

  NFGNB

   

1

    

  Myroides odoratus

       

1

  Ochrobacterium sp.

1

       

Fungi

  Acremonium

 

1

      

  Aureobasidium

       

1

  Candida parasilosis

     

1

 

1

  Fusarium

       

1

  Pseudoallescheria boydii

     

1

  

  Scopulariosis

       

1

  Trichosporon

       

1

  1. ORSA oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, OSSA oxacillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus, CoNS Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, NFGNB non-fermenting gram negative bacilli
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