Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants.

From: Anti-glaucoma agents-induced pseudodendritic keratitis presumed to be herpetic simplex keratitis: a clinical case series

Characteristics

No. (%)a, mean ± SD, or range

Age (years)

Mean

72.5 ± 15.6

Range

26–96

< 65

3 (15.8)

≥ 65

16 (84.2)

Gender

Male

14 (73.7)

Female

5 (26.3)

Past medical history

DM

3 (15.8)

DED

9 (47.4)

SS

2 (10.5)

Atopic dermatitis

1 (5.3)

Anti-glaucoma agents (preservative)

Long-term medications

 Latanoprost (BAK)

10 (38.5)

 Carteolol (BAK)

5 (19.2)

 Brimonidine (purite)

4 (15.4)

 Dorzolamide/Timolol (BAK)

4 (15.4)

 Timolol (BAK)

2 (7.7)

 Pilocarpine (BAK)

1 (3.8)

Last-added mediations

 Dorzolamide (BAK)

2 (33.3)

 Latanoprost (BAK)

2 (33.3)

 Carteolol (BAK)

1 (16.7)

 Dorzolamide/Timolol (BAK)

1 (16.7)

Durations of anti-glaucoma agents usage

Long-term medications

 ≤ 3 months

4 (18.2)

 > 3 months, ≤ 1 year

8 (36.4)

 > 1 year, ≤ 5 years

6 (27.3)

 > 5 years

4 (18.2)

Last-added medications

 

 ≤ 1 month

3 (50)

 > 1 month

3 (50)

Types of pseudodendritic lesions

 I

1 (3.2)

 II

21 (67.7)

 III

2 (6.5)

 IV

2 (6.5)

 V

5 (16.1)

Locations of pseudodendritic lesions

 Upper

0

 Center

16 (51.6)

 Lower

15 (48.4)

Orientations of linear pseudodendritic lesions (type I and II lesions)

 Horizontal

17 (77.3)

 Curvilinear

5 (22.7)

  1. DM diabetes mellitus, DED non-Sjogren dry eye disease, SS Sjogren syndrome.
  2. aThe No. for age, gender and past medical history refers to the numbers of patients for each characteristic. The No. for anti-glaucoma agents refers to the numbers of episodes that each medication was used in. The No. for types and locations of pseudodendritic lesions, and orientations of linear pseudodendritic lesions refers to the numbers of events for each characteristic.