Table 4.
Bacterial Culture Rates by Scarring Grade
| Conjunctival Scarring Grade |
Test for Trend P | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 (n = 360) |
1b (n = 187) |
1c (n = 127) |
2 (n = 33) |
3 (n = 13) |
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| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
| Any isolate cultured | 124 | (34.4) | 84 | (44.9) | 78 | (61.4) | 23 | (69.7) | 10 | (76.9) | <0.001 |
| Type of isolate cultured | |||||||||||
| None | 236 | (65.6) | 103 | (55.1) | 49 | (38.6) | 10 | (30.3) | 3 | (23.1) | |
| Commensal only | 117 | (32.5) | 76 | (40.6) | 68 | (53.5) | 18 | (54.6) | 9 | (69.2) | <0.001 |
| Pathogenic +/− commensal | 7 | (1.9) | 8 | (4.3) | 10 | (7.9) | 5 | (15.2) | 1 | (7.7) | <0.001 |