Table 2.

Etiology of bacterial keratitis in the studied patients

Type	Species	N = 30	%
Gram-positive cocci	Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus epidermidis	12	40.0
Coagulase-negative Staphylococci (CONS)	Staphylococcus	10	33.3
Gram-positive bacilli	Corynebacterium diphtheriae Corynebacterium xerosis	3	10.0
Gram- negative bacilli	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	1	3.33
Enterobacteriaceae species	Escherichia coli	1	3.33
Gram-negative diplococci	Neisseria gonorrhoeae	1	3.33
Gram-negative diplobacillus	Moraxella lacunata	1	3.33
Non-TB mycobacterium	Mycobacterium chelonae	1	3.33