Table 2 Bacterial pathogens isolated from corneal scrapes of 1151 eyes with infective keratitis treated at a tertiary eye care referral centre in south India.
| Sl no | Bacterial isolates | Pure isolates | Mixed with other bacteria | Mixed with fungal spp | Mixed with Acanthamoeba sp | Total no of bacterial isolates (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gram‐positive cocci | 675 | 65 | 40 | 780 (64.14) | |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | 417 | 7 | 14 | 438 (36.03) | ||
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | 155 | 43 | 24 | 222 (18.25) | ||
| Staphylococcus aureus | 36 | 10 | 0 | 46 (3.78) | ||
| Miccrococcus spp | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 (0.49) | ||
| α‐Haemolytic streptococci | 46 | 5 | 2 | 53 (4.36) | ||
| β‐Haemolytic streptococci | 6 | 0 | 6 (0.49) | |||
| Non‐haemolytic streptococci | 9 | 0 | 9 (0.74) | |||
| 2 | Gram‐positive bacilli | 33 | 22 | 2 | 57 (4.69) | |
| Bacillus spp | 12 | 15 | 0 | 27 (2.22) | ||
| Corynebacterium spp | 21 | 7 | 2 | 30 (2.47) | ||
| 3 | Gram‐negative cocci and coccobacilli | 12 | 12 (0.99) | |||
| Moraxella spp | 9 | 9 (0.74) | ||||
| Neisseria spp | 3 | 3 (0.25) | ||||
| 4 | Aerobic actinomycetes | 39 | 7 | 46 (3.78) | ||
| Nocardia spp | 39 | 7 | 46 (3.78) | |||
| 5 | Gram‐negative bacilli | 245 | 36 | 39 | 1 | 321 (26.40) |
| Pseudomonas spp | 173 | 29 | 36 | 1 | 239 (19.65) | |
| Enterobacter spp | 26 | 5 | 3 | 34 (2.81) | ||
| Klebsiella spp | 10 | 2 | 12 (0.99) | |||
| Proteus spp | 6 | 6 (0.49) | ||||
| Alcaligens spp | 6 | 6 (0.49) | ||||
| Haemophilus spp | 6 | 6 (0.49) | ||||
| Acinetobacter spp | 6 | 6 (0.49) | ||||
| E coli | 4 | 4 (0.33) | ||||
| Serratia spp | 3 | 3 (0.25) | ||||
| Citrobacter spp | 5 | 5 (0.41) | ||||
| Total number of isolates (%) | 1004 (82.57) | 130 (10.69) | 81 (6.66) | 1 (0.08) | 1216 (100) |