Table 2.

Baseline Characteristics of Patients (n=42)

	Placebo N (%)	Steroid N (%)	P-value
Age (mean years ± SD)	44.1 ± 17.0	49.9 ± 13.0	0.22*
Sex
Male	11 (50.0)	11 (55.0)	0.75**
Female	11 (50.0)	9 (45.0)
Organisms
Coagulase-neg Staphylococcus	3 (13.64)	2 (9.52)
Diphtheroids	-	1 (4.76)
Staphylococcus aureus	2 (9.09)	-
Streptococcus pneumoniae	10 (45.45)	9 (42.86)
Viridans-group Streptococcus spp	1 (4.55)	3 (14.29)	0.51**
Haemophilus influenzae	-	1 (4.76)
Moraxella spp	1 (4.55)	-
Pseudomonas spp (non-aeruginosa)	-	1 (4.76)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	4 (18.18)	4 (19.05)
Aeromonas hydophila	1 (4.55)	-
Mean enrollment visual acuity (logMAR ± SD)	1.15 ± 0.63	1.28 ± 0.54	0.50*
Mean enrollment infiltrate/scar diameter (mm ± SD)	1.8 ± 1.6	2.0 ± 1.2	0.63*

^*Independent sample t-test

^**Fisher’s exact test