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. 2024 Jul 27;38(18):3429–3433. doi: 10.1038/s41433-024-03281-0

Table 2.

Demographics and factors associated with POE.

No Age Sex Site of cataract surgery Side Surgeon grade Main incision length (mm) Immunodeficient/Increased infection risk Previous IVT or Vitrectomy Intraoperative complication 10/0 nylon post complication Intracameral Cefuroxime Intravitreal antibiotics Oral Moxifloxacin Oral Prednisolone and dose Time to final follow up (days) Presenting or earliest recorded VA (Snellen) Final VA (Snellen) Time of Dx from cataract operation (days) Post-Dx Vitrectomy Time to vitrectomy (days) Microbial growth
1 57 M City Road Left Consultant 9.9 No Vity Posterior capsular tear, dropped nucleus, vitreous loss Yes Yes Yes No No 126 6/12 6/9 11 No N/A No growth
2 78 M Whittington Left Consultant 2.4 Yes (diabetes, vasculitis on Prednisolone) No No N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes, 50 mg 219 6/24 6/9 8 Yes 103 Pseudomonas aeruginosa
3 49 F City Road Left Fellow 2.4 No No No N/A No (subconj Cefuroxime and Betnesol 4 mg instead) Yes Yes Yes, 60 mg 329 CF 6/18 3 No N/A Staph. Epidermidis
4 73 F Queen Mary’s Right Consultant 2.4 Yes (Rheumatoid arthritis, colon carcinoma) No No N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes, 60 mg 415 HM 6/5 6 No N/A Staph. epidermidis
5 82 F Queen Mary’s Right Registrar 2.4 Yes (diabetes, endometrial carcinoma) No No N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes, 75 mg 502 HM HM 5 Yes 7 Staph. epidermidis
6 87 F St Anthony’s Left Consultant 2.4 No No No N/A Yes Yes Yes No 360 6/36 (on the day) 6/12 8 No N/A No growth
7 56 M City Road Right Consultant 2.4 No No No N/A Yes Yes Yes No 1083 HM (on the day) 6/6 22 No N/A No growth
8 58 M St Ann’s Left Associate specialist 2.4 No No No N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes, 60 mg 464 HM 6/6 6 No N/A Strep. sanguinis
9 76 M Ealing Right Associate specialist 2.4 Yes (diabetes) No No N/A Yes Yes Yes No 223 6/18 6/12 23 No N/A Micrococcus species
10 83 F Ealing Left Consultant 2.4 No No Anterior capsular tear, vitreous loss Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes, 60 mg 778 PL PL 19 Yes 4 Strep. sanguinis
11 66 F Ealing Right Consultant 2.4 Yes (diabetes) No No N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes, 30 mg 77 CF (on the day) 2/60 40 No N/A No growth
12 54 M Potters Bar Right Consultant 2.4 No No No N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes, 50 mg 713 6/18 6/9 10 No N/A Staph. warneri
13 84 F City Road Right Associate specialist 2.4 No No No N/A Yes Yes Yes No 247 6/18 6/9 44 No N/A No growth
14 57 F St George’s Right Consultant 2.4 No No No N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes, 60 mg 687 CF (on the day) HM 3 Yes 18 No specimen obtained
15 70 M St Ann’s Right Fellow 2.4 No Vity No N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes, 60 mg 439 HM 6/6 41 Yes 1 No growth
16 43 F City Road Right (combined paco+iol+ivt triacense) Consultant 2.4 Yes (prednisolone 40 mg to manage CAU) No No N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes, 40 mg 344 HM 6/60 3 Yes 3 Staph. epidermidis
17 69 M St George’s Right Registrar 2.4 No No No N/A Yes Yes Yes No 247 6/36 6/6 9 Yes 11 Staph. epidermidis
18 71 M St George’s Right (combined paco+iol+ivt Ozurdex) Consultant 2.4 Yes (diabetes, MALT) No No N/A Yes Yes Yes 80 mg 117 HM NPL 24 Yes 26 Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

IVT intravitreal injection therapy, POE post-operative endophthalmitis, VA visual acuity.