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3* 41 W M IOFB 1 2 6 CF 29 Negative 1 20/50
at work
4 36 H M Fragment ew into IOFB 1 1 5 20/40 Negative 20/50
eye while cutting
metal; removed
by patient with
a magnet
5 40 H M Metal ew into eye IOFB 1 5 6 CF 39 Negative 1 1 20/400
at work
6 57 H M Nail bounced from IOFB 1 0 7 CF 19 Negative 20/200
nail gun
7 28 W M Assault with glass Penetrating 1 4 3 CF Streptococcus morbillum 20/150
bottle
8 36 W M Penetrating 1 Unknown 6 Negative 20/100
9 43 B M Metal ew into eye IOFB 1 6 3 CF Negative 1 CF 39
while hammering
toilet
10 24 W M Motor vehicle IOFB 3 0 8 HM Staphylococcus HM
accident: struck epidermidis
face on
windshield
11* 9 W M Hit rock with IOFB 1 0 19 NLP Bacillus sp. 3 (Enucleated)
hammer while
playing in
sandbox; piece of
rock ew into eye
12 10 W M Penetrating 1 Unknown Unknown Bacillus cereus 1 20/80
13 54 H M Unspecied foreign IOFB 2 Unknown 11 LP Streptococcus 1 3 NLP
body pneumoniae,
Streptococcus
lugdunensis, Aspergillus
fuminatus
14 36 H M Nail went in eye Penetrating 1 4 9 HM Staphylococcus 2 2 HM
while hammering epidermidis
3
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Table 1. (Continued )
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Injury Endophthalmitis
Days:
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Injury to Length of IV
Primary Antibiotics, Presenting # Re- # Re-
Case# Age Race Sex Mechanism OGI Type Zone Repair Days BCVA Cultures operations injections Final BCVA
15 27 W M Wire went into eye Penetrating 1,2 0 2 CF 69 Staphylococcus hominis, Unknown
while shaking Propionibacterium acnes
a wire over pipe
16 60 W M Foreign body while Rupture 2 0 8 LP Staphylococcus 1 2 20/20
operating staple epidermidis
gun
17 48 H M Nail from nail gun Penetrating 1 0 6 HM Negative 20/20
ew into eye
18 26 W M Foreign body while Penetrating 2 0 8 HM Negative 20/80
hammering a nail
on a tree stump
19 28 H M Injury from broken Unknown 1 Unknown 6 HM Streptococcus sanguinis, CF
windshield wiper Streptococcus viridans
20 47 B M Struck with Penetrating 1,2 0 7 Candida sp. 2 CF
unknown object
that fell from
garbage truck
21 60 W M Twig poked eye IOFB 1 0 11 LP Rhodotorula mucilaginosa HM
22 59 W M Nail from nail gun IOFB 1 0 5 CF 39 Staphylococcus 2 CF
ew into eye epidermidis
23 20 A M Wires penetrated Penetrating 1 0 10 NLP Negative Primarily
eye at work enucleated
24* 39 H M Nail went into eye Penetrating 1 0 10 LP Bacillus sp., fungal hyphae 1 Enucleated
while hammering on silver stain
25 20 H M Nail injury Penetrating 1 None 1 CF 39 None 1 20/100
26 40 H M Nail ricocheted and Penetrating 2 0 7 Coagulase-negative 1 2 Enucleated
ew into eye Staphylococcus sp.
Cases 1-12 are cases of concurrent endophthalmitis (in which case the management of the initial injury and endophthalmitis occurred during the same admission), whereas cases
13-26 represent post-OGR endophthalmitis. All cultures were taken from the vitreous unless noted. Reoperation and reinjection indicate the number of operations or intravitreous
injections required after the initial operation or injection after diagnosis of endophthalmitis.
*Eye presented with retinal detachment when seen for the initial injury.
Wound contaminated with organic matter.
Eye developed retinal detachment after the initial injury.
Wound leak seen after primary globe repair.
A, Asian; B, black; BCVA, best-corrected visual acuity; CF, count ngers; H, Hispanic; HM, hand motion; IOFB, intraocular foreign body; IV, intravenous; M, male; NLP, no light
perception; OGI, open globe injury; OGR, open globe repair; W, white.
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Table 2. Summary of Characteristics of Eyes With Concurrent or Post-OGR Endophthalmitis After Open Globe Injury
Concurrent Endophthalmitis Post-OGR Endophthalmitis
Number of eyes (%) 12 (46.2) 14 (53.8)
Injury characteristics
Mean duration: injury to primary 2.6 days (n = 9,* range: 06) ,1 day (n = 10,* range: 04)
repair
Organic wound contamination, n (%) 2/11 (18.2) 2/12 (16.7)
Wound location Zone 1: 11/12 (91.7%); Zone 3: 1/12 Zone 1: 8/14 (57.1%); Zone 2: 6/14
(8.3%) (42.9%)
Mechanism of injury Machinery/mechanical work: 7/10 Machinery/mechanical work: 10/13
(70.0%) (76.9%)
Type of injury IOFB: 7/11 (63.6%) Penetrating: 4/11 (36.4%)
Penetrating: 9/13 (69.2%) IOFB: 3/13 (23.1%)
Rupture: 1/13 (7.7%)
Mean duration: injury to IOFB 3.0 days (n = 7, range: 06) 2.5 days (n = 2, range: 05)
removal
Tissue prolapse 5/11 (45.5%) 7/12 (58.3%)
Aphakic 1/11 (9.1%) 2/12 (16.7%)
Mean wound length, mm 3.5 (n = 10, range: 19) 2.3 (n = 6, range: 110)
Endophthalmitis characteristics
Visual acuity at presentation 20/1,074 (n = 10) 20/2,825 (n = 12)
Mean duration: OGI repair to 22.5 days (n = 10, range: 198)
endophthalmitis diagnosis
Mean duration: symptom onset to 2.5 days (n = 13, range: 07)
presentation
Presenting complaint, n (%) Increased pain: 9/14 (64.3);
Decreased vision: 9/14 (64.3)
Predominant organism of culture- Bacillus sp.: 3/6 (50.0) Staphylococcus sp.: 6/10 (60.0)
positive cases, n (%)
Mean duration of intravenous 4.0 3.1 7.0 3.7
antibiotics, Days
PPV, n (%) 12 (100) 12 (85.7)
Intravitreal antibiotics 12 (100%); 1 eye with re-injection(s) 13 (92.8%); 4 eyes with re-injection
(8.3%) (s) (30.8%)
Enucleated, n (%) 1 (8.3) 3 (21.4)
Final BCVA 20/463 20/1,003 (n = 13)
*Not all eyes had data for each cell. Thus, the denominator is not always equal to 12 (concurrent endophthalmitis) or 14 (post-OGR
endophthalmitis).
BCVA, best corrected visual acuity; IOFB, intraocular foreign body; OGR, open globe repair; PPV, pars plana vitrectomy.
injections were done within 24 hours in 11 of 12 eyes vitritis but minimal hypopyon on presentation post-
with concurrent endophthalmitis. The one eye that did OGI, was diagnosed as early subclinical endophthal-
not receive intravitreal antibiotics had no obvious mitis, and was treated with intravenous and fortied
Fig. 1. Delay from injury to primary repair in eyes with concurrent Fig. 2. Presence of intraocular foreign body in eyes with concurrent
versus post-OGR endophthalmitis; OGR, open globe repair. versus post-OGR endophthalmitis; OGR, open globe repair.
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topical antibiotics along with PPV and posterior IOFB comycin and ceftazidime. All eyes that underwent con-
removal (Case #6). No eyes in this group were primar- rmed intravitreal injection received vancomycin and
ily enucleated. All eyes, with and without IOFB, ceftazidime; one received amphotericin B for organic
received intravenous antibiotics; 8 (33%) received van- wound contamination and fungal coverage.
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Endophthalmitis Post-Open Globe Repair (23%) eyes had conrmed IOFB. One patient with
OGI repaired elsewhere reported an IOFB removal but
Fourteen (54%) of 26 eyes constituted the post-
no details could be conrmed.
OGR endophthalmitis group. All 12 patients with
Twelve of 14 (86%) eyes underwent PPV with
available initial visual acuity presented with CF or
intravitreal antibiotics (vancomycin and ceftazidime,
worse (range: NLP to CF). One eye that presented with
along with clindamycin in 2 cases of organic wound
NLP vision was primarily enucleated (Case #23). All
contamination and cefazolin in 1 case that grew
eyes in this group were hospitalized for intravenous
coagulase-negative Streptococcus). Two of the four
antibiotics.
eyes with wound contamination with organic material
Nine eyes of 14 eyes in this group had undergone
received additional antifungal therapy (amphotericin
OGR at our institution. Detailed injury data were
B). One patient (Case #25) refused invasive proce-
available in 8 of 9 eyes; all underwent primary
dures but permitted treatment solely with intravenous
globe closure less than 24 hours after the initial
and topical antibiotics. This eye presented with vision
injury. Twenty-three percent (3 of 13 with injury
of CF at three feet at presentation. The other eye was
type data) had IOFBs which were removed at the
primarily enucleated on presentation with NLP vision
initial globe repair. All received prophylactic intra-
and severe endophthalmitis post-OGR. Four (36%) of
venous (IV) antibiotics after the original open globe
11 eyes that underwent PPV underwent repeat injec-
injury. Vancomycin and cefazidime were the most
tions of intravitreal antibiotics.
common antibiotics given, including for the one eye
Four of nine eyes were reported to have wound leak
with IOFB. Mean duration of systemic antibiotics
(recorded as Seidel positive) after OGR. All 4 were
was 3.8 days. The one eye with IOFB did not
Zone 1 corneal wounds and were treated with topical
receive intravitreal antibiotics at the original OGR;
antibiotics and bandage contact lens. Endophthalmitis
this wood IOFB was not initially visualized on
was diagnosed at a mean duration of 3.0 days after the
B-scan or computerized tomography. Wound con-
wound leak was documented. Wound leak was con-
tamination was reported in one eye.
sidered minimal.
Mean duration of time to presentation of endoph-
thalmitis after OGR was 14 days, excluding 1
Overall
outlier of 98 days. All eyes presented with hypo-
pyon, vitritis, and worsening of visual acuity. In terms of microbiology, 16 (62%) of the 26 eyes
Ultrasonography was used to diagnose vitritis in were culture-positive, with Staphylococcus species
four eyes when media opacity precluded view to the being the most common organism isolated (7 eyes,
vitreous cavity. Although no eyes in this group were 44%) followed by Bacillus (4 eyes, 25%) and Strep-
pseudophakic, 3 (25%) eyes had cataracts at pre- tococcus (3 eyes, 19%) species. Fungal infection, de-
sentation (plus 1 with retained lens fragments in the tails of which are shown in Table 4, was present in 5
vitreous), and 5 (42%) eyes later developed trau- (31%) eyes, whereas 3 (19%) eyes demonstrated both
matic cataract, all within 3 weeks of OGI. Three bacteria and fungus. Four (80%) of 5 fungal cases
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Clindamycin (1 mg/0.1 mL) was added as an intravitreal with posttraumatic endophthalmitis12,28,3844; cul-
injection when additional anaerobic coverage was tures were positive in 63% of eyes in this series, all
required. Systemic vancomycin and ceftazidime were were taken from the vitreous (plus cornea in Case
the intravenous drugs of choice given their high intraoc- #2). Staphyloccocus species was the most common
ular penetration and broad-spectrum coverage that in- organism cultured in the present study, which cor-
cludes Bacillus and Pseudomonas. Oral levooxacin roborates previous reports.3032,45
(500 mg daily for 7 days) was the most commonly pre- Intraocular foreign body was seen in 67% of 18 cases
scribed oral antibiotic at discharge from the hospital. of Bacillus-positive posttraumatic endophthalmitis in
Intravitreal amphotericin B 5 mg/0.1 mL was the most the study by Miller et al.46 In our series, 2 (50%) of
commonly used antifungal agent in cases of fungal en- 4 eyes that were culture-positive for Bacillus had IOFB.
dophthalmitis either suspected clinically (Case #26 pre- Many studies suggest a positive association between
sented with white creamy membranous material in the IOFB and endophthalmitis.1,6,10,14,22,33,38,44,47,48 In this
anterior chamber that later showed negative cultures) or present case series, of 24 eyes with known injury type,
diagnosed through positive cultures (Table 4). Two (one 42% had IOFBs (7/11, 64% of concurrent endophthal-
from each group) of the four eyes with a history of mitis cases; 3/13, 23% of post-OGR endophthalmitis).
organic-contaminated wounds received intravitreal anti- Two of the 3 post-OGR endophthalmitis cases with
fungal (amphotericin B) injections. Fungal vitreous cul- IOFB had undergone prompt globe closure within 24
tures were positive in one of these eyes (Case #21). hours of injury. Intraocular foreign body comprises 4%
Systemic antifungal therapy (either amphotericin B or to 9% of all OGIs based on studies published within the
voriconazole) was administered in all three cases in last 5 years.49,50 Our study reveals that 41.7% of OGIs
which cultures were positive for fungal species. with endophthalmitis had IOFBs, an incidence that is 4
Previous studies have demonstrated positive cul- to 10 times higher than what is reported in the literature
tures in 17% to 81% of eyes clinically diagnosed overall with OGIs.
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Lens capsule disruption has also been associated with associated with poor visual outcome, whereas negative
posttraumatic endophthalmitis in many studies,5,15,18,38 cultures may be associated with better nal visual acu-
and we found that cataract at presentation (most likely ity.19,28 Negative cultures may indicate a subthreshold
due to lens disruption) was noted more frequently with microbial load and thus lower severity of infection
concurrent endophthalmitis (P = 0.06), whereas delayed resulting in better nal BCVA. The three cases of
traumatic cataract was more likely in the post-OGR retinal detachment in the post-OGR endophthalmitis
eyes (P = 0.09). Leakage of lens particles through a pos- group had poor visual outcome (Table 1, *), with nal
sibly disrupted capsule may cause severe sterile inam- VAs of hand motion.
mation that may be construed as infectious Corneal wound leak after open globe repair
endophthalmitis; furthermore, histopathologic studies occurred in 29% of posttraumatic endophthalmitis
are needed to clarify this strength of this association. cases in our series (Table 7). A recent retrospective
Except for one case, all fungal infections were seen study of 267 eyes that sustained OGI reported 44 eyes
in post-OGR, which accords with the typical subacute (16%) with wound leak after primary repair, and the
presentation of fungal endophthalmitis. The eye with authors found that delayed presentation increased the
fungal endophthalmitis that presented concurrently risk of postrepair wound leak and endophthalmitis,
with OGI involved a 5-day delay in presentation after whether concurrent with the injury or after OGR.5 In
OGI (Case #2). our series, four eyes in the post-OGR endophthalmitis
Various prognostic indicators have been consid- group had wound leaks after the primary wound repair
ered for eyes diagnosed with posttraumatic endoph- and were diagnosed with endophthalmitis an average
thalmitis. In this series, negative cultures were of 3.0 days after primary OGR. The eyes with wound
signicantly associated with good visual outcome, leaks had poor visual outcomes with nal BCVA of
whereas all cases of fungal endophthalmitis and CF or worse. The cited series and the present data
wound leak resulted in poor outcomes. Figure 6 also indicate that wound leak, a potential source of micro-
illustrates that the ocular trauma score, intended for bial entry, may be a risk factor of developing endoph-
use as a prognostic indicator for uncomplicated ocu- thalmitis; one should consider revision of the wound if
lar trauma, may be used to accurately gauge posten- a wound leak occurs. This nding also underscores the
dophthalmitis prognosis. In our study, eyes with importance of complete wound closure at the time of
IOFB had a nal BCVA of 20/853 compared with primary repair, even in the case of injuries with tissue
the overall nal visual acuity of 20/692. Prompt loss or other complex anatomic features.
removal of IOFB may play a role in rapidly decreas- Use of temporary keratoprosthesis for PPV for
ing microbial load and subsequent resolution of corneal opacities in eyes with active severe endoph-
infection. thalmitis may be limited. With active endophthalmitis,
Delayed presentation of endophthalmitis (dened as the scleral and corneal tissue is often times so friable in
greater than 48 hours after symptom onset) augured the acute setting that a temporary keratoprosthesis
poor visual outcome, though this nding was not cannot be placed and the rst priority is to close the
statistically signicant (Table 6). In this series, a large globe.
proportion (26.9%) of total cases had delayed presen- Limitations of this study include observer bias and
tation after the initial OGI. The review of records for difculty in obtaining complete data sets on all
reasons of delay in seeking medical attention inclu- patients, issues inherent to retrospective studies, plus
dedthe following: 1) some patients did not immedi-
ately realize there was anatomical injury to the globe
until after symptoms became more severe or, 2) lack of Table 7. Details of Eyes With Wound Leak After Open
Globe Repair
medical insurance made them wait until the symptoms
worsened drastically before seeking medical assis- Days: Leak Repair
tance. Delayed presentation may lead to a higher Relative to
microbial load and thus greater anatomical and func- Days: OGR to Leak Endophthalmitis
Case# Repair Diagnosis
tional cellular damage before treatment. Thus, it is
crucial to ensure that the patient understands signs 19 2 14 days before
21 4 Same day
and symptoms of early endophthalmitis, as well as
23 1213 days (exact OGR Not repaired; primarily
the generally dismal prognosis of delayed presenta- date unknown) enucleated after
tion; they should be advised of prompt follow-up if receiving intravitreal
these signs or symptoms develop. antibiotics
Other investigators have reported delayed treat- 24 3 Same day
ment33 and the presence of retinal detachment28,33 as OGR, open globe repair.
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