Table 3 Bacterium according to size of epithelial defect.

From: Aetiology and antibiotic susceptibility of bacterial keratitis at a referral centre in southern Sweden

 

 < 1 mm (%) n = 22

1–2 mm (%) n = 44

 > 2 mm (%) n = 35

Skin flora, n = 62

20 (91)

27 (61)

15 (43)

Moraxella spp, n = 6

1 (5)

2 (5)

3 (9)

S. aureus, n = 8

1 (5)

5 (11)

2 (6)

P. aeruginosa, n = 10

0 (0)

6 (14)

4 (11)

S. pneumoniae, n = 4

0 (0)

1 (2)

3 (9)

Other species, n = 11

0 (0)

3 (7)

8 (23)

  1. Isolated bacteria according to the size of the epithelial defect on presentation. Only bacteria isolated from eyes in which the epithelial defect size was known are included, n = 101. Skin flora includes coagulase-negative staphylococci, Cutibacterium acnes and Corynebacterium species. Spp, species; S. aureus, Staphylococcus aureus; P. aeruginosa, Pseudomonas aeruginosa; S. pneumoniae, Streptococcus pneumoniae.
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