Endogenous Endophthalmitis in the American and Korean Population: An 8-year Retrospective Study
- Title
- Endogenous Endophthalmitis in the American and Korean Population: An 8-year Retrospective Study
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- 신용운
- Keywords
- Endogenous; endophthalmitis; infectious; vitrectomy
- Issue Date
- 2018-05
- Publisher
- TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
- Citation
- OCULAR IMMUNOLOGY AND INFLAMMATION, v. 26, no. 4, page. 496-503
- 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.
- URI
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09273948.2016.1195000https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/118628
- ISSN
- 0927-3948; 1744-5078
- DOI
- 10.1080/09273948.2016.1195000
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