Table 3.

Comparison of the present study with existing literature

Characteristics	Xie et al., 2001	Rogers et al., 2013*	Sharma et al., 2013	Present study
Number of transplants	108	32	506 (106/506 eyes had Fungal keratitis)	198
Study period	4 years (1996-1999)	10 years (2001-2011)	10 years (1999-2009)	3 years (2008-2010)
Country	China	USA	India	India
Age (years)	<20: 3.7% 21-40: 48.2% 41-60: 39.8% >60: 8.3%	Median: 59 Range: 16-86	Mean: 45.6 Range: 14-72	Mean±SD: 45±14.3
Male: Female	1.8:1	0.9:1	0.7:1	1.9:1
Infiltrate size (mm)	<6: 13.9% 6.1-8: 36.1% >8: 50%	Minimum median diameter of infiltrate 1.50 mm	Mean 8.19±2.13	<6: 20.7% 6-8: 38.9% >8: 40.4%
Donor tissue size (mm)	7.25-8: 40% 8.5-9: 25.9% >9: 33.3%	Not available	<9: 44% 9-11: 39% >11: 16.6%	8-9 mm - 17.6% 9-11 mm - 54.5% >11 mm - 24.7%
Organism	Aspergillus spp: 14.4% Candida spp: 9.3% Fusarium spp: 65% Penicillium spp: 4.1% Unidentified: 7.2%	Alternaria spp: 9.4% Aspergillus spp: 12.5% Candida spp: 28.1% Fusarium spp: 34.4% Other filamentous fungi: 12.5% Other yeasts: 3.1%	Fungal: 20.9% (Aspergillus spp. Most common) Bacterial: 31% Mixed Bacterial and Fungal: 6.9% Acanthamoeba: 1.6%	Aspergillus flavus: 32.3% Acremonium spp: 17.7% Fusarium spp: 15.7% Cladosporium spp: 0.5% Unidentified hyaline: 27.2% Curvularia spp: 1% Dematiaceous fungi: 5.1% Scedosporium spp: 0.5%
Clear cornea	79.6% at an average follow-up of 18.3 months	53.1% at a median follow-up of 25 months	Not available	12.3% at a follow up of 12 months, 10.6% at 24 months and 6.1% at 48 months
Recurrence rate	7.4%	9.4%	Reinfection noted in 12.6%	10.1%
Graft failure	13.9% at 24 months	46.9% at 70 months	Not available	71.7% at 60 months

*Eyes that were treated with medical therapy and therapeutic keratoplasty were included in the comparison