Table 1.

Clinical and microbiological details of the study patients diagnosed clinically as infectious endophthalmitis.

	Culture Positive (18)	Culture Negative (42)
Demographic Characteristics
Age in years (mean:range)	37.7:2–74	38.7:2–81
Sex (male:female)	15:3	28:14
Diagnosis
Traumatic	8	24
Post-operative	6	15
Endogenous	4	3
Initial Visual Acuity
Eviseration/Phthisis	0	0
<(20/200)	17	34
>(20/20)–(20/200)<	1	8
=20/20	0	0
Microbiology	Streptococcus pneumonia (4) Streptococcus mitis (1)
Bacteria	Staphylococcus epidermidis (4) Staphylococcus haemolyticus (1) Enterococcus casseliflavus (1) Enterococcus faecalis (1) Klebsiella pneumoniae (1) Corneybacterium pseudodiphtherticum (1) Bacillus licheniformis (1)
Fungi	Candida trophicalis (1) Fusarium solani (1) Candida albicans (1)