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. 2020 Jul 28;2020:6329321. doi: 10.1155/2020/6329321

Table 2.

Results of the meta-analysis of articles.

Subgroups Number of studies Prevalence of infectious keratitis (%) Low Up P value I 2 (%) Z
Overall 13 0.000496 0.000295 0.000744 <0.001 97.2 7.448384

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

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

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

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

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
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