Table 3.
List of microorganisms isolated from the intra-ocular specimens collected from the 98 patients with postoperative infectious endophthalmitis during the 8-year period (2000–2007)
| Groups of microorganisms | Names of the microorganisms | Cataract surgery | PK | Others | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacteria (87) | Gram-positive (44) | S. epidermidis (17) | 13 | 4 | |
| S. aureus (13) | 8 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Micrococcus spp. (1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Streptococcus spp.(3) | 2 | 2 | |||
| E. faecalis (3) | 1 | ||||
| Corynebacterium spp. (3) | 2 | ||||
| B. cereus (2) | 2 | ||||
| Nocardia spp. (2) | 2 | ||||
| Gram-negative (43) | P. aeruginosa (7) | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| P. stutzeri (12) | 7 | 1 | 4 | ||
| A. faecalis (9) | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Klebsiella spp.(4) | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Acinetobacter spp (6) | 5 | 1 | |||
| Citrobacter spp. (3) | 3 | ||||
| Enterobacter spp.(1) | 1 | ||||
| Flavobacterium spp. (1) | 1 | ||||
| Fungus (7) | Aspergillus flavus (5) | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Candida albicans (1) | 1 | ||||
| Phialomonium dimorphosporum (1) | 1 | ||||
| Polymicrobial (bacterial and fungal) (4) | Micococcus spp. and Acinetobacter spp. (1) | 1 | |||
| Enterobacter spp. and Trichosporon spp. (1) | 1 | ||||
| Bacillus spp. and E. faecalis (1) | 1 | ||||
| S. epidermidis and Acinetobacter spp. (1) | 1 | ||||
| 70 (0.05%) | 10 | 18 | |||