Table 3.

Bacterial growth pattern of ocular specimens obtained from eyes (n = 2599) with ocular infections subjected to culture and sensitivity test between 2002 and 2007 at a tertiary eye care referral center in South India

Name of the bacterial ocular infection	Total number of specimens (eyes) with bacterial growth alone (%)	Number of specimens (eyes) with single species of bacterial growth (%)	Number of specimens (eyes) with two species of bacterial isolates (%)	Total number of bacterial isolates recovered (no. of pure isolates + no. of bacterial isolates mixed with other bacteria)
Infections of the eyelids	677 (26.05)	675/677 (99.7)	2/677 (0.3)	679 (675 + 4)
Blepharitis	491	489	2	493 (489 + 4)
Hordeolum	171	171	0	171 (171 + 0)
Preseptal cellulitis	15	15	0	15 (15 + 0)
Infections of the conjunctiva	576 (22.16)	576/576 (100)	0	576 (576 + 0)
Conjunctivitis	560	560	0	560 (560 + 0)
Blebitis	16	16	0	16 (16 + 0)
Infections of the orbit	9 (0.35)	9/9 (100)	0	9 (9 + 0)
Orbital cellulitis	9	9	0	9 (9 + 0)
Infections of the lacrimal apparatus	729 (28.05)	725/729 (99.45)	4/729 (0.55)	733 (725 + 8)
Dacryocystitis	651	648	3	654 (648 + 6)
Lacrimal abscess	14	14	0	14 (14 + 0)
Canaliculitis	64	63	1	65 (63 + 2)
Infections of the cornea	412 (15.85)	408/412 (99.03)	4/412 (0.97)	416 (408 + 8)
Keratitis	412	408	4	416 (408 + 8)
Infections of the sclera	20 (0.77)	20/20 (100)	0	20 (20 + 0)
Scleritis	20	20	0	20 (20 + 0)
Infections of the intraocular tissues	176 (6.77)	174/176 (98.86)	2/176 (1.14)	178 (174 + 4)
Postoperative endophthalmitis	104	104	0	104 (104 + 0)
Post-traumatic endophthalmitis	44	43	1	45 (43 + 2)
Endogenous endophthalmitis	9	9	0	9 (9 + 0)
Post-corneal endophthalmitis	11	10	1	12 (10 + 2)
Post-scleral endophthalmitis	3	3	0	3 (3 + 0)
Panophthalmitis	5	5	0	5 (5 + 0)
Total	2599 (100)	2587/2599 (99.54)	12/2599 (0.46)	2611 (2587 + 24)