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Table 2 Culture positivity depending on the sample harvesting method and the type of samples

From: Clinical features of infectious endophthalmitis in South Korea: a five-year multicenter study

 

No. of samples

No. of culture positive samples

Culture positivity (%)

Vitreous during PPV1

116

58

50.0

Aqueous humor

86

34

39.5

Vitreous during IVAI2

24

9

37.5

Blood culture

11

5

45.5

Others

9

5

55.6

  1. 1Pars plana vitrectomy.
  2. 2Intravitreal antibiotics injection.
  3. Culture positivity of cases was 59.20% (103/174 cases).