Table 2 Injury aninformation d clinical characteristics of paediatric streptococcal endophthalmitis.

From: Post-traumatic endophthalmitis caused by streptococcus species in preschool children: clinical features, antibiotic susceptibilities and outcomes

Variables

Findings

Injury characteristics

Location of injury*

  Home

13/15 (86.7%)

  Public places

2/15 (13.3%)

Injury condition

  Injured by others

3/21 (14.3%)

  Injured themselves

18/21 (85.7%)

Mean duration of injury-to-primary repair

2.6 ± 2.4 day (n = 16*, range: 0–8)

Type of injury

  Penetrating

20/21 (95.2%)

  Intraocular foreign body injury

1/21 (4.8%)

Time of diagnosis

  Concurrent endophthalmitis

12/21 (57.1%)

  Post-OGR endophthalmitis

5/21 (23.8%)

  Self-sealed

4/21 (19.1%)

Clinical characteristics

Location of wound

  Zone I

17/21 (80.9%)

  Zone II

3/21 (14.3%)

  Zone III

1/21 (4.8%)

Corneal abscess

8/21 (38.1%)

Hypopyon

15/21 (71.4%)

Traumatic cataract

19/21 (90.5%)

Vitreous opacity

20/21 (95.2%)

Retinal detachment

5/21 (23.8%)

Retinal lesions

12/21 (57.1%)

Choroid detachment

1/21 (4.8%)

Total

21/21 (100%)

  1. *Not all patients had available data for each variable.