Table 6.

Clinical Features of Contact Lens-Related Fungal Keratitis

	Refractive† Contact Lens Wear n = 293	Therapeutic Contact Lens Wear‡ n = 25	P Value
Lesion size (mm)*	2.8 ± 1.8	4.2 ± 3.7	0.0001
Endothelial plaque	34 (13.3%)	3 (13.6%)	1.0
Hypopyon	52 (20.0%)	5 (20.8%)	1.0
Time to diagnosis (days, median)	14 (range 0–475)	9 (range 0–156)	<0.0001
Outcome
≤20/40	75/157 (47.8%)	21/23 (92%)	<0.0001
≤20/200	30/157 (19.1%)	15/23 (63%)	<0.0001
Surgical intervention	45 (16.8%)	12 (48%)	<0.0001

^*Eleven percent of data were missing.

^†Contact lenses used for correction of simple refractive error.

^‡Four individuals wore contact lenses for complex refractive error, such as irregular astigmatism (post-corneal graft or keratoconus) or aphakic correction. The remainder were using contact lenses as bandage lenses (21), predominantly after a corneal graft (10/21) or other therapeutic indications (11).