Clinical features (numbers shown are number of patients (%))
| All patients | HSV* | HSV PCR +† | Bacterial | HSV + bacterial | Gram positive | Gram negative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Clinical or laboratory diagnosed cases of HSV keratitis. | |||||||
| †PCR positive cases of HSV keratitis. | |||||||
| Epithelial defect | 166 (87.4) | 27 (87.1) | 12 (80.0) | 119 (86.2) | 12 (100.0) | 65 (90.3) | 22 (78.6) |
| Infiltrate | 132 (69.5) | 11 (35.5) | 7 (46.7) | 106 (76.8) | 7 (58.3) | 54 (75.0) | 21 (75.0) |
| Anterior uveitis | 105 (55.3) | 11 (35.5) | 6 (40.0) | 81 (58.7) | 9 (75.0) | 47 (65.3) | 21 (67.9) |
| Hypopyon | 55 (28.9) | 3 (9.7) | 1 (6.7) | 50 (36.2) | 2 (16.7) | 25 (34.7) | 13 (46.4) |
| Oedema | 46 (24.2) | 7 (22.6) | 4 (26.7) | 30 (21.7) | 5 (41.7) | 14 (19.4) | 7 (25.0)) |
| Necrosis/thinning | 34 (17.9) | 8 (25.8) | 8 (53.3) | 23 (16.7) | 3 (25.0) | 15 (20.8) | 7 (25.0)) |
| Perforation | 23 (12.1) | 9 (29.0) | 3 (20.0) | 13 (9.4) | 1 (8.3) | 7 (9.7) | 2 (7.1) |
| Descemetocele | 12 (6.3) | 5 (16.1) | 1 (6.7) | 6 (4.3) | 1 (8.3) | 3 (4.2) | 0 (0.0) |
| Vascularisation | 21 (11.1) | 6 (19.4) | 4 (26.7) | 11 (8.0) | 3 (25.0) | 8 (11.1) | 3 (10.7) |
| Raised IOP | 7 (3.7) | 2 (6.5) | 1 (6.7) | 5 (3.6) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (4.2) | 1 (3.6) |
| Total | 190 | 31 | 15 | 138 | 12 | 72 | 28 |