Table 3.

Historical Characteristics of Study Participants at JUMCOD During April to September 2019

Historical Characteristics		Frequency	%
Other health-care visit before admission	Government hospital	48	36.6
	Health center	39	29.8
	Private hospital	5	3.8
	Private clinic	9	6.9
	Private pharmacy	18	13.7
Ocular trauma	Wooden stick	25	19.1
	Vegetative material	24	18.3
	Finger nail, ash powder, object or stone	21	16.0
	Others	9	6.9
Previous ocular disease	Previous surgical procedurea	13	9.9
	Previous epithelial defect secondary to VK	19	14.5
	Glaucoma	6	4.6
	Dry eye	7	5.3
	Blepharitis and allergic conjunctivitis	5	3.8
	Others	3	2.3
Systemic condition	Steroid use	88	67.2
	Cancer	2	1.5
	HIV	2	1.5
	DM	1	0.8
	Renal failure	2	1.5
	Leprosy	1	0.8
	Adrenal insufficiency	1	0.8
Traditional medicine use	Herbal medicine	45	34.4
Topical antibiotic use	Ciprofloxacilline 0.3% eye drops	26	19.8
	Tetracycline 1% eye ointment	49	37.4
	Ciprofloxacilline and TTC	22	16.8
	Ciprofloxacilline and gentamicin	5	3.8
	Gentamicin 0.3% eye drops	7	5.3
	Chloramphenicol eye drops	8	6.1
	Others	3	2.3
Use of eye glass		12	9.2
Time of presentation to JUMC (mean ±SD)=27.5±21.9 days (4–99)

Note: ^aLens changed, for one patient, cataract surgery, for two patients, repairing of trauma for eight patients, trabeculotomy one patient, repaired keratoplasty one patient.

Abbreviations: VK, viral keratitis; DM, diabetes mellitus; TTC, tetracycline.