Table 2.
Subgroups | Number of studies | Prevalence of infectious keratitis (%) | Low | Up | P value | I 2 (%) | Z | |
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Overall | 13 | 0.000496 | 0.000295 | 0.000744 | <0.001 | 97.2 | 7.448384 | |
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Country | Brazil | 1 | 0.001175 | 0.000564 | 0.002160 | — | — | 5.480057 |
Spain | 5 | 0.000473 | 0.000294 | 0.000693 | <0.001 | 94.2 | 8.603066 | |
USA | 6 | 0.000594 | 0.000173 | 0.001221 | <0.001 | 98.2 | 3.753000 | |
Japan | 1 | 0.000045 | 0.000001 | 0.000249 | — | — | 1.414219 | |
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Continent | America | 7 | 0.000667 | 0.000241 | 0.001275 | <0.001 | 98 | 4.301790 |
Europe | 5 | 0.000473 | 0.000294 | 0.000693 | <0.001 | 94.2 | 8.603066 | |
Asia | 1 | 0.000045 | 0.000001 | 0.000249 | — | — | 1.414219 | |
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Surgery | LASIK | 6 | 0.000554 | 0.000331 | 0.000832 | <0.001 | 9.531e + 01% | 7.913473 |
LASEK | 1 | 0.000046 | 0.000031 | 0.000067 | — | — | 9.295248 | |
PRK | 3 | 0.000122 | 0.000063 | 0.000197 | 0.347189 | 5.4 | 6.122264 | |
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Eye | Right | 3 | 0.000149 | 0.000118 | 0.000182 | 0.488585 | 0 | 16.814513 |
Left | 3 | 0.000145 | 0.000096 | 0.000204 | 0.064426 | 63.5 | 9.701854 | |
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Organism | Fungal | 3 | 0.000041 | 0.000000 | 0.000157 | 0.064144 | 63.5 | 1.585417 |
Methicillin-resistant (MRSA) | 3 | 0.000093 | 0.000018 | 0.000211 | 0.313975 | 13.6 | 3.119117 | |
Staphylococci | 3 | 0.000142 | 0.000007 | 0.000409 | 0.000760 | 86 | 2.360040 | |
Staphylococcus aureus | 5 | 0.000015 | 0.000000 | 0.000069 | 0.003517 | 74.4 | 1.288479 | |
Streptococcus hemo viridans | 3 | 0.000001 | 0.000000 | 0.000017 | 0.218840 | 34.1 | 0.635427 |