Table 2.

Identification of bacteria isolated from corneal tissue of patients with suppurative keratitis

	India		Ghana
Bacteria	No	%	No	%
Gram positive cocci
Streptococcus spp	110	46.8	8	20.0
(Streptococcus pneumoniae)	(62)	(26.4)	(6)	(15.0)
Staphylococcus aureus	5	2.1	2	5.0
Coagulase –ve staphylococci	58	24.7	2	5.0
Micrococcus spp	–	–	1	2.5
Gram positive bacilli
Bacillus spp	2	0.9	–	–
Corynebacterium spp	–	–	4	10.0
Nocardia spp	3	1.3	–	–
Gram negative bacilli
Pseudomonas spp	35	14.9	21	52.5
(Pseudomonas aeruginosa)	(33)	(14.0)
Acinetobacter spp	11	4.7	–	–
Enterobacter spp	3	1.3	–	–
Citrobacter spp	1	0.4	–	–
Aeromonas spp	5	2.1	–	–
Klebsiella spp	2	0.9	–	–
Unidentified	–	–	2	5.0
Totals	235	100	40	100