Table 1. Demographic data of patients with Acanthamoeba, fungal, and herpetic keratitis in comparison with normal controls.
Acanthamoeba | Fungal | Normal | Herpetic | |
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No. of patients (n) | 10 | 4 | 9 (10 eyes) | 7 (12 eyes) |
Age (mean±SD; years) | 41±13 | 50±16 | 36±6 | 61±13 |
Gender (male/female) | 6/4 | 2/2 | 4/5 | 4/3 |
Days of infection (mean±SD) (days) | 14.3±11.4 | 15.2±16.5 | — | 9.3±4.5 |
Days of infection denotes the time elapsed since diagnosis of the infection until the in vivo confocal microscopy was performed.