Table 3.
Types of bacteria isolated and clinical presentation of participants with either ocular or peri-ocular infections at Eye Unit of Boru-meda General Hospital, February 1 to April 30, 2021 (N = 319)
| Bacterial species | Clinical presentation and their frequency | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dacryocystitis N = 45 n = 35 |
Blepharitis, N = 47, n = 35 |
Conjunctivitis N = 126 n = 52 |
Blephero-Conjunctivitis, N = 37 n = 23 |
Trauma, N = 15 n = 4 |
Keratitis, N = 35 n = 16 |
Endophtalmitis N = 14 n = 5 |
Total isolates N = 170 |
|
| Gram negative | n (%) | n(%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
| Moraxella species(n = 32) | 13 (37) | 8(22.9) | 5(9.6) | 6(26.1) | - | - | 32(18.8) | |
| H. influenzae(n = 9) | 2(5.7) | 1(2.9) | 3(5.7) | - | - | 3(5.7) | - | 9(5.3) |
| N. gonorrhoeae(n = 7) | 4(11.5) | 2(3.9) | 1(4.3) | - | - | - | 7(4.11) | |
| P. aeruginosa(n = 3) | - | - | 1(1.9) | 1(1.9) | - | 1(1.9) | - | 3(1.8) |
| E. coli (n = 5) | 1(2.9) | - | 3(5.7) | 1(4.6) | - | - | - | 5(2.9) |
| Acinetobacter species(n = 5) | 2(5.7) | - | 2(3.9) | 1(4.3) | - | - | - | 5(2.9) |
| Shigella species (n = 4) | 2(5.7) | 2(5.7) | - | - | - | - | - | 4(2.4) |
| Other species (n = 9) | 2(5.7) | 2(5.7) | 4(7.7) | - | - | - | 1 (20) | 9(5.3) |
| Total (n = 74) | 26(74.3) | 13(37.1) | 20(38.5) | 10(43.5) | 0(0) | 4 (25) | 1 (20) | 74(43.5) |
| Gram-positive | ||||||||
| S. aureus (n = 38) | 3(8.9) | 10(28.6) | 7(13.5) | 6(26.1) | 1 (25) | 7(43.8) | 4(80) | 38(22.4) |
| CoNS (n = 47) | 0 | 10(28.6) | 24(46.2) | 6(26.1) | 3(75) | 4 (25) | 47(27.6) | |
| S. pneumonia (n = 6) | 4(11.4) | 1(2.9) | 1(4.3) | 6(3.5) | ||||
| group D viridian Streptococcus species (n = 5) | 2(5.7) | 2(5.7) | 1(6.25) | 5(2.9) | ||||
| Total (n = 96) | 9(25.7) | 22(62.9) | 32(61.5) | 13(56.5) | 4(100) | 12(75) | 4(80) | 96 (56.5) |
| Isolation rate | 35(77.8) | 35(74.5) | 52(41.3) | 23(62.2) | 4(26.7) | 16(45.7) | 5(35.7) | 170 (53.3) |
NOTE: N = number of clinical case; n = total number of bacteria found in clinical case; CoNS = Coagulase Negative Staphylococcus; Other species including Klebsiella oxytoca (n = 2), Klebsiella ozaenae (n = 1), Proteus mirabilis (n = 2), Citrobacter species (n = 1), Providencia rettgeri (n = 1), Morganella morganii (n = 2)