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Published in final edited form as: Cornea Open. 2023 Mar 23;2(1):e0010. doi: 10.1097/coa.0000000000000010

Table 2.

Description of the 24 opioids users included in this study

Age (years)/ Sex Race / Ethnicity Housing Status Employment Status Type and Method of Opioid Use Other Drug Use Contact Lens Use Initial Size (mm) Initial Visual Acuity Culture Growth Final Visual Acuity Fortified Antibiotics Used Subconjunctival Antibiotics Used Hospitalized Lost to Follow Up
53/F Latina, Native American, Pacific Islander housed unknown opioids, methadone - oral tobacco, benzodiazepines no 4 × 5 OD 20/100, OS LP Pseudomonas aeruginosa, coagulase negative Staphylococci OD 20/400, OS CF 1’ yes yes yes no
54/M Black housed unemployed heroin - IV tobacco, cocaine no 3.2 × 2.2 OD 20/20–1, OS LP Moraxella lacunata OD 20/20–2, OS 20/40 yes no yes no
32/F White homeless unknown heroin - IV tobacco, marijuana, methamphetamine, cocaine unknown 5 × 5 OD 20/25–2, OS HM none OD 20/25–2, OS 20/80–1 yes no yes yes
38/F White housed unemployed heroin - IV; methadone - oral tobacco, speed, benzodiazepine, methamphetamine no 1.5 × 1.5 OD 20/30–2, OS 20/200+ Viridans group Streptococcus, coagulase negative Staphylococci OD 20/100-, OS 20/30++ no no no yes
35/M Black housed disabled heroin tobacco, crystal meth (smokes), marijuana no unknown OD 20/70, OS 20/60 coagulase negative Staphylococci (OU), Viridans group Streptococci (OU), Gemella (OS) OD 20/70-, OS 20/20–2 no no yes yes
46/M Latino, Black homeless disabled heroin - smoke/snort; fentanyl tobacco, marijuana, crack cocaine no 3.1 × 2.5 OD CF @ 1.5 ft, OS 20/30 −1 Staphylococcus aureus, coagulase negative Staphylococci OD 20/150+, OS 20/20- yes no unknown no
48/M Black homeless unemployed heroin - IV, fentanyl - IV, methadone - oral tobacco, cocaine, methamphetamine (IV) no 1 × 1 OD HM, OS 20/200 coagulase negative Staphylococci, Moraxella lacunata OD 20/60, OS 20/25–2 yes no yes yes
34/F Asian, White homeless disabled fentanyl tobacco, methamphetamine (IV), cocaine, benzodiazepines, Gamma-hydroxybutyrate yes OD - 2 × 1.5; OS - 1 × 0.5 OU HM Staphylococcus epidermidis OU OU HM yes no no yes
53/M Latino homeless unknown heroin - IV cocaine unknown 2.5 × 3.5 OD 20/400, OS 20/25–1 Bacillus species (not anthracis), coagulase negative Staphylococci OD 20/60-, OS 20/25 yes no yes yes
50/M Black incarcerated, homeless employed heroin - smoke/snort tobacco, crack-cocaine no 6 × 4.5 OD 20/20, OS HM none OD 20/20, OS HM yes no no yes
56/F Latina, White housed unemployed heroin - IV, methadone - oral, prescription opioids - oral tobacco, cocaine, benzodiazepine no 10 × 10 OD LP, OS 20/20 none OD HM, OS 20/20 yes no yes yes
37/F White, Latina, Pacific Islander homeless unemployed heroin - IV; methadone - oral; fentanyl tobacco, crystal meth (smokes, IV) yes 4 × 6 OD CF @ 1ft, OS 20/20 Moraxella lacunata OD 20/100, OS not measured yes yes yes yes
51/M White homeless unemployed heroin - IV none unknown unknown unknown coagulase negative Staphylococci unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown
56/M White homeless unknown methadone - oral tobacco unknown 2.8 × 2.3 OD 20/20, OS CF@3ft Moraxella (not lacunata), Coryneform OD 20/20, OS CF 3’ yes no no yes
38/F White homeless disabled opioids, methadone - oral; heroin - IV tobacco, methamphetamine, speed, crack cocaine no 1.5 × 1.3 OD 20/25, OS 20/150–1 Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), coagulase negative Staphylococci OD NLP, OS CF 6” yes no yes no
56/F Black homeless unemployed opioids, methadone - oral tobacco, methamphetamine, crack cocaine no 1 × 1.2 OD 20/400+1, OS 20/20 Corynebacteria species strain 1 and 2 OD 20/150-, OS 20/30-- yes no yes yes
57/M White homeless unknown heroin - IV tobacco, methamphetamine, benzodiazepine unknown unknown unable to assess none OD LP, OS LP yes yes yes yes
37/M White unknown unknown heroin methamphetamine unknown unknown unknown none unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown
63/M Black homeless unemployed heroin - IV; methadone - oral tobacco, cocaine no 1 × 1 OD 20/20-, OS 20/25- coagulase negative Staphylococci OD 20/20-, OS 20/25- no no no yes
59/M White housed disabled opioids tobacco, methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana no 2 × 8 OD HM, OS 20/20 −1 coagulase negative Staphylococci OD HM yes no yes yes
52/M White housed unemployed opioids tobacco yes 1 × 1 OD 20/20–2, OS CF @ 1ft none OD 20/25+2, OS CF 3’ yes no no no
52/M Black, Other homeless disabled methadone - oral; heroin - not IV tobacco, cocaine yes 3 × 3 unable to assess Moraxella lacunata, Lactobacillus species OD CF 6”, OS HM yes no yes no
60/F Black housed unemployed methadone - oral tobacco, cocaine, marijuana no 8 OU NLP none OD NLP, OS HM yes no yes no
39/F Latino, Black, Other homeless unemployed heroin - IV, inhaled tobacco, methamphetamine yes 1.6 × 1.5 OU 20/100 coagulase negative Staphylococci, Viridans group Streptococcus OD 20/80, OS 20/100 yes no yes yes