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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 24.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Ophthalmol. 2011 Apr 8;95(6):762–767. doi: 10.1136/bjo.2009.169607

Table 3. Proportion of culture-positive patients who tested positively for protozoa or fungi and yeasts by location.

Location of study Number of isolates
Protozoa
Fungi and yeasts
Any Any Aspergillus Candida Other
Africa
Ghana 1 82 19 1 62
Accra, Ghana unspecified 65 10 1 45
Indian Subcontinent
Nepal, India unspecified 200 75 9 116
Chittagong, Bangladesh unspecified 48 24 1 23
Tamil Nadu 7 296 76 0 220
East Bengal 4 623 373 7 243
New Delhi unspecified 13 6 0 7
Madurai, S. India 3 155 25 unspecified 116
Hyderabad, India unspecified 146 43 2 101
Tamil Nadu, India 33 1176 294 unspecified 882
Hyderabad, India 3 22 5 1 16
Delhi, India 11 358 149 30 179
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified
Baghdad, Iraq unspecified 74 42 4 28
South America
Asuncion, Paraquay unspecified 209 37 4 168
Far East
Taiwan 11 34 5 10 19
Taipai, Taiwan unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified
Singapore unspecified 29 5 3 21
Singapore unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified
Hong Kong 6 5 unspecified 1 4
Bangkok 3 46 9 2 37
Australasia
Auckland, NZ unspecified 7 unspecified unspecified unspecified
Christchurch,New Zealand unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified Unspecified
Adelaide unspecified 7 3 2 2
Victoria, Australia 4 7 unspecified 1 6
Brisbane, Australia unspecified 13 unspecified unspecified unspecified
North America and Canada
Toronto unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified
Miami unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified
Pittsburgh unspecified Unspecified unspecified unspecified
LA unspecified 4 unspecified unspecified 4
Texas 4 8 unspecified 3 unspecified
Durham unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified
Europe
Paris unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified
Laussanne, Switzerland unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified
Anatolia, Turkey unspecified 50 10 15 25
Amsterdam and Rotterdam unspecified 2 0 2 0