Table 5

Demographic, risk factors, clinical and microbiological characteristics of 16 bacterial keratitis requiring emergency surgery

Sex, ageRisk factorsPrevious topical treatmentMicrobiological identificationCause of surgeryHospitalisation time (days)Final visual acuity (logMAR)
Therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty
M, 69Neurotrophic keratitis–Moraxella nonliquefaciensImpending perforation14LP
F, 78Diabetes, chemotherapyDXMMoraxella spp, Corynebacterium sppPerforation4NLP
M, 75Palpebral malposition in Lyell’s syndrome–Streptococcus pneumoniae, CoNSPerforation6NLP
F, 27Intracorneal rings (D3)–S. pneumoniaeImpending perforation120.40
M, 65Diabetes–M. nonliquefaciensPerforation5NLP
M, 24Penetrating keratoplasty (Y14)DXM, tobramycinPseudomonas aeruginosaGraft dehiscence50.20
F, 77Soft contact lensAzithromycinP. aeruginosaPerforation13LP
M, 45Penetrating keratoplasty (Y2), interferonDXM, ciclosporinPseudomonas stutzeriImpending perforation362
M, 45Graves’ exophthalmos, steroids–M. nonliquefaciensPerforation132.30
M, 84Palpebral malposition with trichiasis, diabetesPicloxydineS. pneumoniae, Klebsiella pneumoniaePerforation34LP
F, 79Penetrating keratoplasty (Y5, Y2)–CoNSPerforation17LP
M, 57Ocular traumaFortified antibiotic–Perforation132
M, 78Neurotrophic keratitis, cognitive disorders–CoNS, Corynebacterium striatumPerforation18LP
Evisceration
M, 35Vernal keratoconjunctivitis, LASIK (Y15)Moraxella lacunataPhthisis14NLP
M, 85Ocular trauma, hemopathyS. pneumoniaeEndophthalmitis, cellulitis9NLP
F, 55DiabetesStreptococcus dysgalactiae sppEndophthalmitis, cellulitis14NLP

  • CoNS, coagulase-negative staphylococci; D, day; DXM, dexamethasone; F, female; LP, light perception; M, male; NLP, no light perception; Y, year.