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. 2021 Aug 5;11:15878. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-95458-w

Table 5.

Review and comparison of bacterial endophthalmitis isolates.

UPMC19 NYEEI13 BPEI15 Toronto18 Hyderabad17 Hyderabad14 Queensland16 CGMH*
USA USA USA Canada India India Australia Taiwan
Study period 1993–2015 1987–2011 2002–2011 2000–2009 1991–2015 2010–2013 1998–2013 1996–2019
No. of isolates 665 943 375 265 2840 196 193 901
Gram-positive isolates 92.9% 89.2% 87.2% 90.2% 68.7% 37.2% 84.5% 49.9%
 Susceptibility to vancomycin 99.7% 99.7% 100.0% 99.6% 96% 100.0% 100.0% 99.8%
Gram-negative isolates 7.1% 10.8% 12.8% 9.8% 32.3% 62.8% 15.5% 49.6%
 Susceptibility to amikacin 95.7% 92.9% N/A N/A 64–67%a 87.0% 100.0% 93.7%
 Susceptibility to ceftazidime 93.6% 91.5% 100.0% 100.0% 69–38%a 82.0% 100.0% 96.9%

BPEI Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, CGMH Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, N/A not available, NYEEI New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, UPMC University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

*Including 4 Gram-variable isolates.

a2005 → 2015.