Clinical factors associated with positive corneal culture in suspected microbial keratitis

Determine demographic and clinical characteristics associated with positive culture in suspected microbial keratitis. Retrospective audit of patients that had corneal scrapings between October 1999-September 2004 at Princess Alexandra Hospital. Clinical information was gathered from medical records,...

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Published in:Contact lens & anterior eye 2022-10, Vol.45 (5), p.101543-101543, Article 101543
Main Authors: Green, Matthew, Zhang, Susan, Nadivulath, Thomas, Apel, Andrew, Stapleton, Fiona
Format: Article
Language:English
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Contact lens
Corneal scraping
Keratitis
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Summary:Determine demographic and clinical characteristics associated with positive culture in suspected microbial keratitis. Retrospective audit of patients that had corneal scrapings between October 1999-September 2004 at Princess Alexandra Hospital. Clinical information was gathered from medical records, smear and culture results from the local microbiology database. Univariate and multivariate analyses of variables associated with positive cultures and calculation of population attributable risk percentage (PAR). Univariate analysis showed that positive cultures were associated with patients over 60 years (81% vs 55%; p 
ISSN:1367-0484
1476-5411
DOI:10.1016/j.clae.2021.101543