Depth, size of infiltrate, and the microbe - The trio that prognosticates the outcome of infective keratitis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To analyze the influence of infiltrate size, depth, and organism on the outcome of microbial keratitis.

Design

Retrospective comparative study.

Methods

Medical records of patients with infective keratitis, who reported from January 2015 to December 2019 to a tertiary eye care center, were analyzed. Size and depth of ulcer at presentation were the factors used to group patients, and the influence on the outcome of the organism causing it was analyzed. Grouping was as follows: group A: ulcer size <6 mm/anterior to midstromal infiltrate, group B: ulcer < 6 mm/full-thickness infiltrate, group C: ulcer >6 mm/anterior to midstromal infiltrate, group D: ulcer > 6 mm/full-thickness infiltrate. Patients with viral keratitis or unidentified organism were excluded. Respo

SUBMITTER: Agarwal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10841783 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature