Correlation of duration of symptoms, size of infiltrate and antibiotic resistance with outcome
| Sl. | Risk factors | Outcome | P value | |
| Complete success; n (% of total eyes: 40) | Partial success+failure; n (% of total eyes: 40) | |||
| 1. | Duration of symptoms | |||
| ≤15 days | 11 (27.5) | 14 (35.0) | 0.28 | |
| >15 days | 4 (10.0) | 11 (27.5) | ||
| 2. | Size of infiltrate | |||
| Small | 13 (32.5) | 9 (22.5) | 0.002 | |
| Large | 2 (5.0) | 16 (40.0) | ||
| 3. | Resistance to antibiotics | |||
| 3 classes | 4 (10.0) | 13 (32.5) | 0.12 | |
| >3 classes | 11 (27.5) | 12 (30.0) | ||