Summary statement
Introduction
Materials and methods
Results
Etiology | Number (%) |
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Post cataract surgery | 55 (14.17) |
Post trauma | 56 (14.43) |
Endogenous | 22 (5.67) |
Post keratoplasty | 29 (7.47) |
Post keratitis and perforation | 226 (58.24) |
Organism | Number (%) | |
---|---|---|
Gram-positive organisms (n = 183) |
Streptococcus pneumoniae
| 68 (37.15) |
Staphylococcus epidermidis
| 31 (16.93) | |
Staphylococcus aureus
| 22 (12.02) | |
Bacillus spp. | 12 (6.55) | |
Β-hemolytic Streptococci
| 12 (6.55) | |
Corynebacterium spp. | 10 (5.46) | |
α- hemolytic streptococci
| 7 (3.82) | |
Staphylococcus spp. | 5 (2.73) | |
Coagulase-negative staphylococci
| 4 (2.18) | |
Non-hemolytic Streptococci
| 3 (1.63) | |
Leuconostoc spp. | 2 (1.09) | |
Brevibacterium spp. | 2 (1.09) | |
Enteorcoccus spp. | 1 (0.54) | |
Kocuriaspp
| 1 (0.54) | |
Mycobacterium spp. | 1 (0.54) | |
Nocardia spp. | 1 (0.54) | |
Pentoea spp. | 1(0.54) | |
Gram-negative organisms (n = 87) |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
| 47 (54.02) |
Escherechia coli
| 11 (12.64) | |
Enterobacter spp. | 7 (8.04) | |
Hemophilus spp. | 4 (4.59) | |
Klebsiella spp. | 4 (4.59) | |
Pseudomonas spp. | 4 (4.59) | |
Acenitobacter spp. | 3 (3.44) | |
Citrobacter spp. | 2 (2.29) | |
Serratia spp. | 2 (2.29) | |
Burkholderia spp. | 1 (1.14) | |
Weeksellavirosa
| 1 (1.14) | |
Non-fermenting gram-negative bacilli | 1 (1.14) | |
Fungi (n = 137) | Fusarium spp | 19 (13.86) |
Unidentified hyaline fungi | 26 (18.97) | |
Aspergillus spp. | 58 (42.33) | |
Unidentified dematecious fungi | 11 (8.02) | |
Candida spp. | 3 (2.18) | |
Acremonium spp. | 8 (5.83) | |
Exserohilum spp. | 2 (1.45) | |
Colletotrichum spp. | 2 (1.45) | |
Phialophora spp. | 1 (0.72) | |
Alternaria spp. | 1 (0.72) | |
Penicillium spp. | 1(0.72) | |
Absidia spp. | 1(0.72) | |
Lasiodiplodia spp. | 1(0.72) | |
Curvularia spp. | 1(0.72) | |
Cladosporium spp. | 1(0.72) | |
Mucor
| 1(0.72) | |
Parasitic organisms (n = 5) | Acanthameba spp. | 5 (100) |
Species | Cefazolin | Ceftazidime | Chloramphenicol | Ciprofloxacin | Gatifloxacin | Imipenem | Tobramycin | Vancomycin | ||||||||||||||||
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S | I | R | S | I | R | S | I | R | S | I | R | S | I | R | S | I | R | S | I | R | S | I | R | |
Gram-positive bacteria (n = number tested)) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Streptococcus pneumoniae
| 54 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 1 |
Streptococcus spp. (14) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Staphylococcus epidermidis (23)
| 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
Staphylococcus aureus (14) | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Bacillus spp. (7) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Β-hemolytic Streptococci (6) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Corynebacterium spp. (6) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
α-hemolytic streptococci (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Staphylococcus spp. (5) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
Coagulase-negative staphylococci (4) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Non-hemolytic Streptococci (6) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Leuconostoc spp. (2) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Brevibacterium spp. (2) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Enteorcoccus spp. (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Kocuria spp. (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mycobacterium spp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nocardia spp. (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Pentoea spp. (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gram-negative bacteria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (33)
| 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Escherechia coli (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Enterobacter spp. (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Hemophilus spp. (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Klebsiella spp. (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pseudomonas spp. (4) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Acenitobacter spp. (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Citrobacter spp. (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Serratia spp. (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Burkholderia spp. (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Non-fermenting gram-negative bacilli (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Weeksellavirosa (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 123 | 5 | 20 | 29 | 2 | 25 | 134 | 5 | 48 | 100 | 16 | 77 | 132 | 11 | 42 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 130 | 0 | 11 |