Table 2.

Characteristics distinguishing bacterial endophthalmitis from fungal endophthalmitis.

Characteristic	Bacterial Endophthalmitis	Fungal Endophthalmitis
Frequency and Disease Associations	More common overall [2], and account for the overwhelming majority of post-cataract [2,23,76] and bleb-associated endophthalmitis cases [77]	Less common overall, though accounts for majority of endogenous endophthalmitis cases [2,7,8]
Time Course	Rapidly progressive (days) [2]	Indolent (weeks) [2]
Characteristic Lesions	Diffuse intraocular inflammation [1,2], subretinal abscess can also occue	Clumped appearance of intraocular inflammation [7], choroidal mass projecting into the vitreous chamber [4,7], chorioretinal creamy-white or “string of pearls” lesions (Candida species) [7,49]