Table 1

Studies meeting criteria for inclusion in review

Location of study (reference)Gross national income per capita ($)Time period (months)No of patientsProportion (%) of patients using contact lensesMethod of cultureProportion (%) of patients with positive cultures
Africa
 Ghana1259024290UnspecifiedSheep's blood agar, Sabouraud broth, inhibitory mould agar, brain–heart infusion broth, chocolate agar and cysteine tryptone agar50
 Accra, Ghana13590Unspecified199UnspecifiedChocolate, Sabouraud64
Indian subcontinent
 Nepal1434036447UnspecifiedSheep's blood agar, chocolate, brain–heart infusion, Sabouraud68
 Chittagong, Bangladesh15470Unspecified151UnspecifiedBlood, chocolate, thioglycolate, Sabouraud63
 Tamil Nadu, India1295024800UnspecifiedSheep's blood agar, Sabouraud broth and Sabouraud glucose agar, brain heart infusion broth, chocolate, cysteine tryptone agar69
 West Bengal, India109503611980.33Blood, chocolate, potato dextrose agar, Sabouraud dextrose68
 New Delhi, India2950Unspecified1002.0Blood, chocolate, thioglycolate, Sabouraud65
 Madurai, India49503434UnspecifiedSheep's blood agar, potato dextrose agar, chocolate, brain–heart infusion68
 Hyderabad, India16950951092UnspecifiedSheep's blood agar, chocolate, non-nutrient, Sabouraud, brain–heart infusion, potato dextrose agar35
 Tamil Nadu, India179503631831.04Unspecified71
 Hyderabad, India1895015170UnspecifiedUnspecified69.4
 Delhi, India199501210008.2Unspecified56.8
 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia20 ‡15 4401210317.48Blood, chocolate, Sabouraud and thioglycolateUnspecified for 2005‡
 Baghdad, Iraq21 †2320363946.09Blood, chocolate, Sabouraud and brain–heart infusion58.6
South America
 Asuncion, Paraquay221670162660UnspecifiedBlood, chocolate thioglycolate, Sabouraud79
Far East
 Taipei, Taiwan2316 59012045344.3*Chocolate, sheep's blood agar, Sabouraud56
 Taipei, Taiwan2416 590123149.9Blood, chocolate, thioglycolate, brain–heart infusion43
 Singapore2532 470608022.5Blood, chocolate, thioglycolate, Sabouraud, brain–heart infusion100
 Singapore2632 4702210334Blood, chocolate, thioglycolate, Sabouraud50
 Hong Kong531 6101722326.5Blood, chocolate, thiogylcolate, Sabouraud, non-nutrient Page's saline agar35
 Bangkok, Thailand2734 0004712724.4Blood, chocolate, thioglycolate100
Australasia
 Auckland, New Zealand328 780249826Blood, Sabouraud, thioglycolate, brain–heart infusion, Page's amoebic saline71
 Christchurch, New Zealand2828 7806078UnspecifiedSheep's blood agar, chocolate59
 Adelaide, Australia2935 96061211UnspecifiedBlood, chocolate, Sabouraud64
 Victoria, Australia735 9602429133.7Chocolate, Sabouraud49
 Brisbane, Australia635 9606023122.9Blood, MacConkey, chocolate, Sabouraud65
 North America and Canada
 Toronto, Canada3039 420259511.6Blood, chocolate, inhibitory mould agar, thioglycolate63
 Miami, USA3146 040108292010.4*Chocolate, sheep's blood agar, Sabouraud, thioglycolate50
 Pittsburgh, USA3246 04060825UnspecifiedSheep's blood agar, chocolate, mannitol salt agar, Sabouraud dextrose agar supplemented with gentamicin100
 Los Angeles, USA3346 0403181UnspecifiedBlood, chocolate, thioglycolate, Sabouraud76
 Texas, USA3446 0406013128.8Chocolate, blood, thioglycolate, Sabouraud dextrose52.5
 Durham, USA3546 04084453UnspecifiedBlood, chocolate, Sabouraud, thioglycolate68
Europe
 Paris, France1138 5002129150.3*Chocolate polyvitex agar, Schaedler broth with globular extract, Portagerm-Amies agar swab, Sabouraud-chloramphenicol-gentamicin medium68
 Laussanne, Switzerland3659 880218536Blood, Sabouraud, chocolate, brain–heart infusion86
 Anatolia, Turkey3780201926203.2Chocolate, blood agar, Sabouraud48.4
 Amsterdam and Rotterdam3845 8203615639.74Blood agar, chocolate agar, cooked meat broth, Sabouraud agar58

  • ↵* Paper did not specify the number of contact-lens wearers. Instead, the authors report on the number of isolates from contact-lens wearers. The figure given in the table therefore represents the percentage of isolates retrieved from cases where contact-lens wear was a risk factor.

  • ↵† Estimated to be lower middle income ($936 to $3705); the value given in the table is the midpoint of this range.

  • ↵‡ This paper presented data for 1995 and 2005; only 2005 data have been extracted in our study.