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Table 5 Clinical outcome of Non-tuberculous mycobacterium endophthalmitis

From: Nontuberculous mycobacterial endophthalmitis: case series and review of literature

 

Exogenous

n (%)

Endogenous

n (%)

Initial best-corrected visual acuity

n = 83

n = 7

 6/6–6/60

20 (24.1)

2 (28.6)

 Worse than 6/60

63 (75.9)

5 (71.4)

Final best-corrected visual acuity

n = 98

n = 10

 6/6–6/60

21 (21.4)

1 (10.0)

 Worse than 6/60

77 (78.6)

9 (90.0)

Complications

n = 30

n = 5

 Hypotony, phthisis

18 (17.8)

3 (21.4)

 Retinal detachment

5 (5.0)

1 (7.1)

 Glaucoma

3 (3.0)

1 (7.1)

 Corneal perforation

3 (3.0)

1 (7.1)

 Optic atrophy

2 (2.0)

0