Table 1.

Prevalence of bacterial isolate against age groups at JUMC eye clinic.

Name of bacterial isolate	Age in years					Total (N = 319)
	0–2 (N = 103)	3–16 (N = 48)	17–30 (N = 46)	31–45 (N = 48)	>45 (N = 74)
Gram-positive bacteria
S. aureus	9 (20.5)	2 (10.0)	7 (31.8)	2 (9.1)	9 (23.1)	29 (19.7)
CoNS∗	10 (22.7)	5 (25.0)	4 (18.2)	11 (50.0)	11 (28.2)	41 (27.9)
S. pneumoniae	4 (9.1)	1 (5.0)	2 (9.1)	1 (4.5)	5 (12.8)	13 (8.8)
S. pyogenes	1 (2.3)	3 (15.0)	1 (4.5)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	5 (3.4)
S. agalactiae	1 (2.3)	1 (5.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	3 (7.7)	5 (3.4)
S. viridians	2 (4.5)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (2.6)	3 (2.0)
Gram-negative bacteria
P. aeruginosa	1 (2.3)	2 (10.0)	2 (9.1)	3 (13.6)	2 (5.1)	10 (6.8)
K. pneumoniae	2 (4.5)	2 (10.0)	1 (4.5)	1 (4.5)	3 (7.7)	9 (6.1)
P. mirabilis	1 (2.3)	1 (5.0)	2 (9.1)	0 (0.0)	1 (2.6)	5 (3.4)
P. vulgaris	1 (2.3)	1 (5.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (4.5)	1 (2.6)	4 (2.7)
S. marcescens	2 (4.5)	0 (0.0)	1 (4.5)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	3 (2.0)
Citrobacter spp.	2 (4.5)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (4.5)	2 (5.1)	5 (3.4)
Enterobacter spp.	2 (4.5)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (2.6)	3 (2.0)
E. coli	1 (2.3)	1 (5.0)	1 (4.5)	2 (9.1)	0 (0.0)	5 (3.4)
H. influenzae	4 (9.1))	0 (0.0)	1 (4.5)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	5 (3.4)
N. meningitidis	1 (2.3)	1 (5.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	2 (1.4)
Total	44 (29.9)	20 (13.6)	22 (15.0)	22 (15.0)	39 (26.5)	147 (100)

^∗Coagulase-negative staphylococci.