Table 1.
Pathogen profile in relation to route of antibiotic prophylaxis (intracameral, topical).
|
Intracameral (IC) antibiotic |
No IC, topical antibiotic only | No IC or topical agent |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organism isolated | With topical agent |
Without topical agent |
Topical ofloxacin |
Topical gatifloxacin |
Topical amino- glycoside |
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|
Gram-positive organisms |
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| Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus |
3 | 1 | 16† | 12† | 3 | 9 | 43 |
| Streptococcus viridians | 2 | - | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| Methicillin-resistant S. aureus |
- | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Methicillin-sensitive S. aureus |
- | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 5 |
| Other Streptococcus species‡ |
- | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 5 |
| Enterococcus species§ | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
|
Propionibacterium acnes |
1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
|
Gram-negative organisms |
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| Kingella species | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
|
Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
- | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Moraxella species | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Total | 7 | 1 | 27 | 24 | 6 | 19 | 83 |
†
One case, shown in two columns, received both topical ofloxacin and topical gatifloxacin.
‡
Three cases of S. pneumonia, one case of S. agalactiae (received topical gatifloxacin only) and one case of Streptococcus unspecified (topical ofloxacin only).
§
Four cases of E. faecalis and one case of Enterococcus species unspecified (received topical gentamicin only).