Table 1.
Various Isolates from Cases of Infectious Keratitis. L V Prasad Eye Institute: January 1991 – December 1998 (n=2655)
| Bacteria: n=1689 | |
| Gram positive cocci | |
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | 32.4% |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 7.6% |
| Other staphylococci | 4.0% |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | 13.1% |
| α-haemolytic streptococci | 5.3% |
| Other streptococci & micrococci | 1.6% |
| Gram positive bacilli | |
| Corynebacterium | 13.9% |
| Bacillus | 1.2% |
| Nocardia | 1.7% |
| Mycobacterium | 0.4% |
| Propionibacterium | 1.2% |
| Gram negative bacilli | |
| Pseudomonas | 11.1% |
| Enterobacteriaceae | 1.7% |
| Moraxella | 1.4% |
| Aeromonas | 0.4% |
| Acinetobacter | 0.7% |
| Haemophilus | 0.8% |
| Fungi: n=893 | |
| Aspergillus | 33.0% |
| Fusarium | 35.1% |
| Dematiaceous fungi | 14.4% |
| Other hyaline fungi | 16.4% |
| Candida | 1.0% |
| Parasites: n=73 | |
| Acanthamoeba | 100% |