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Table 1 Ophthalmic infections and their commonly associated bacterial pathogens

From: Antibiotic resistance in ocular bacterial infections: an integrative review of ophthalmic chloramphenicol

Ophthalmic infection

Associated bacterial pathogens

Category

Bacterial conjunctivitis

Staphylococcus aureus

Gram-positive

Staphylococcus epidermidis

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Viridans streptococci group

Haemophilus influenzae

Gram-negative

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Pseudomonas putida

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Escherichia coli

Enterococcus spp.

Proteus mirabilis

Neisseria meningitidis

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Moraxella catarrhalis

Morganella morganii

Serratia marcescens

Bacterial keratitis

Staphylococcus aureus

Gram-positive

Staphylococcus epidermidis

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Bacillus spp.

Microbacterium liquefaciens

Haemophilus influenzae

Gram-negative

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Pseudomonas putida

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Serratia marcescens

Moraxella lacunata

Endophthalmitis

Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CoNS)

Gram-positive

Bacillus spp.

Streptococcus spp.

Blepharitis

Staphylococcus aureus

Gram-positive

Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CoNS)

Orbital cellulitis

Staphylococcus aureus

Gram-positive

Streptococcus pyogenes

Haemophilus influenzae

Gram-negative

Dacryocystitis

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Gram-negative

Escherichia coli

Enterobacter aerogenes

Citrobacter spp.

Enterococcus spp.

Staphylococcus aureus

Gram-positive

Streptococcus pneumoniae