Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the patients having POE with details of strains and their origin. All patients underwent phacoemulsification with intraocular lens (IOL) implantation.
Patient No.
 Age/Sex
 Predisposing factors/Systemic disease
 Site of isolation
 Strain ID
 Species
 Antibiotypea
 mecA/icaAB
 Visual Acuity
1
 43/M
 Eye lid swelling
 AC fluid
 L778a/03
 S.epidermidis
 Oxa, G
 +/+
 20/60



Eye lid
 L778b/03
 S.epidermidis
 Oxa, G
 +/+
2
 60/M
 Hypertension
 Vitreous
 L849a/03
 S.epidermidis
 Oxa
 +/+
 20/25



Eye lid
 L849b/03
 S.epidermidis
 Oxa
 +/+
3
 58/F
 Diabetic retinopathy
 Vitreous
 L1030a/03
 S.epidermidis
 Ak, Ca, Cip, G, Oxa
 +/+
 20/40



Eye lid
 L1030b/03
 S.epidermidis
 Ak, Ca, Cip, G, Oxa
 +/-



AC fluid
 L1030c/03
 S.epidermidis
 Ak, Ca, Cip, G, Oxa
 +/+



Conjunctiva
 L1030d/03
 S.epidermidis
 Ak, Ca, Cip, G, Oxa
 +/+

a Antibiotic resistance; Oxa – Oxacillin; G – Gentamicin; Ak – Amikacin; Ca – Ceftazidime; Cip – Ciprofloxacin.

Kenchappa et al. BMC Ophthalmology 2006 6:1   doi:10.1186/1471-2415-6-1