Table 3
HSV-1 antibodies and HSV-1 DNA in aqueous humour at the time of perforating keratoplasty
| Diagnosis at PKP (n) | PCR HSV-1 in corneal button | PCR HSV-1 in aqueous humour | Intraocular anti HSV antibody production | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| positive: | negative: | positive: | negative: | ||||||||
| HSK, primary graft (20) | positive: | 8 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| negative: | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 11 | ||||||
| Allograft failure with initial HSK diagnosis (11) | positive: | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| negative: | 9 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| Allograft failure with initial non-HSK diagnosis (17) | positive: | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| negative: | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Ulcers, non-specified (9) | positive: | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| negative: | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Other diagnosis, non-HSK (52) | positive: | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| negative: | 50 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
