Table 5. Treatment and clinical outcome of MRSA and MSSA keratitis.
MRSA (n = 26) | MSSA (n = 33) | P value | |
Administration of topical antibiotics: n (%) | 26 (100) | 33 (100) | |
Modification of antibiotics: n (%) | 17 (65.4) | 15 (45.5) | 0.057 |
Surgical intervention: n (%) | 9 (34.6) | 9 (27.3) | 0.543 |
Admission: n (%) | 13 (50) | 14 (44.4) | 0.922* |
Severe complications:† n (%) | 4 (15.4) | 4 (12.1) | 0.722* |
Healing time‡ (months)median (mini∼max) | 1.2 (0.2∼8.5) | 0.83 (0.1∼11.7) | 0.348 |
VA (Log MAR): median (mini∼max) | |||
At presentation | 2.6 (0∼3) | 1.65 (0∼3) | 0.084 |
After treatment | 2.3 (0∼3.2) | 1.7 (0∼3.2) | 0.449 |
: P value obtained by Fisher's Exact Test.
: Severe complications: corneal perforation and/or endophthalmitis.
: Healing time: defined as the resolution of infiltration and epithelial defect.
MRSA: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, MSSA: methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus, VA: visual acuity, Log MAR : logarithm of the minimum angle.