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- Title
Geographic variations in microbial keratitis: an analysis of the peer-reviewed literature.
- Authors
Shah, Ameet; Sachdev, Arun; Coggon, David; Hossain, Parwez
- Abstract
The epidemiology of microbial keratitis has been investigated in several studies by analysis of organisms cultured from corneal scrapes. However, a comparison of the frequency of different organisms causing keratitis in different parts of the world is lacking. The authors present a review incorporating an analysis of data from studies worldwide. The data provide a comparison of the frequency of culture-positive organisms found in different parts of the world. Associations between a country's gross national income and types of causative organism are explored. The highest proportion of bacterial corneal ulcers was reported in studies from North America, Australia, The Netherlands and Singapore. The highest proportion of staphylococcal ulcers was found in a study from Paraguay, while the highest proportion of pseudomonas ulcers was reported in a study from Bangkok. The highest proportions of fungal infections were found in studies from India and Nepal. The Spearman correlation coefficient demonstrated statistically significant correlations between gross national income and percentages of bacterial (0.85 (95% CI 0.68 to 0.91, p<0.0001)), fungal (-0.81 (95% CI -0.90 to -0.66, p<0.0001)) and streptococcal (-0.43 (95% CI -0.66 to -0.12, p=0.009)) isolates.
- Publication
The British journal of ophthalmology, 2011, Vol 95, Issue 6, p762
- ISSN
1468-2079
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/bjo.2009.169607