Table 2.

Isolation rates of individual bacterial isolates from patients with external ocular infection at UoGCSH, from May 1 to July 30, 2023

Bacterial species	Conjunctivitis n = 202 N (%)	Blepharitis n = 76 N (%)	Dacryocystitis n = 33 N (%)	Blepharoconjunctivitis n = 38 N (%)	Trauma n = 11 N (%)	Total N (%)
S. aureus	57(28.2)	22(28.9)	11(33.3)	6(15.8)	1(9.1)	97
CoNS	26(12.9)	21(27.6)	3(9.1)	16(42.1)	0	66
S. pneumoniae	4(2)	0	0	0	1(9.1)	5
P. aeruginosa	9(4.5)	4(5.3)	6(18.2)	3(7.9)	2(18.2)	24
E. coli	6(3)	3(4)	2(6.1)	1(2.6)	0	12
K. pneumoniae	2(1)	4(5.3)	3(9.1)	0	2(18.2)	11
Acinetobacter Spp.	0	1(1.3)	1(3)	0	0	2
Proteus spp.,	3(1.5)	1(1.3)	0	1(2.6)	0	5
Total	107(53.1)	56(73.7)	26(78.8)	27(71)	6(54.6)	222