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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 10.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Ophthalmol. 2013 Apr;131(4):422–429. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.1497

Table 6.

Adverse Events by Treatment Group

Adverse Event No.
P Valuea
Voriconazole Natamycin Total
Serious
 Corneal perforation 15 10 25 .31
 TPK 29 13 42 .01
 Corneal perforation and/or TPK 34 18 52 .02
 Endophthalmitis 2 0 2 .50
 Other serious ocular event thought to be related to study drug 0 0 0 NA
 Death 1 1 2 >.99
 Nonelective surgery, hospitalization, or loss of function 0 0 0 NA
 Myocardial infarction or stroke 1 0 1 >.99
Nonserious
 Local allergic reaction 0 0 0 NA
 >2-mm increase in hypopyon 12 5 17 .09
 >50% Increase in infiltrate size 13 5 18 .06
 Intraocular pressure ≥35 mm Hg for 1 wk despite therapy 0 0 0 NA
 Progressive corneal thinning to ≤50% of thickness at enrollment 2 0 2 .25
 Other nonserious 3 3 6 >.99

Abbreviations: NA, not applicable; TPK, therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty.

a

Fisher exact test.