Table 5.

Rate of infectious keratitis in South Texas compared with other locations

	% of culture-proven cases	% of bacterial cases from total positive cultures	% of fungal cases from total positive cultures	% of Acanthamoeba cases from total positive cultures
South Texas	53.6%	95.1%	6.9%	1.6%
DEI-LA[17]	63%	89.8%	9.8%	0.4%
LAC + USC-LA[17]	82%	89.4%	10.6%	–
Dallas[18]	66%	85%	14.5%	0.5%
Miami[19,20,21]	40.1%	71.7%	20.8%	–
Mexico City[22]	37.6%	87%	13%	–
Bangladesh[23]	59%	21%	33%	–
South India[24]	70.6%	32.7%	34.4%	1%
DEI-LA Doheny Eye Institute – Los Angeles LAC + USC-LA Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center – Los Angeles