Clinical Characteristics of Alternaria Keratitis

Table 3

Clinical features of Alternaria keratitis.

Characteristics	Previous cases (𝑛=25)	Current cases (𝑛=7)	𝑃 value
Age, median year (range)	56 (26 to 72)	62 (17 to 76)	0.21
Gender, number of males (%)	17 (68%)	4 (57%)	0.32
Risk factor, number (%)
Trauma	9 (36%)	5 (72%)	0.06
Preexisting corneal disease or surgery	10 (40%)	0	<0.001
Contact lens	4 (16%)	1 (14%)	0.46
Others	1 (4%)	1 (14%)	0.26
Corticosteroid use*	14 (56%)	0	<0.001
Medical treatment success with natamycin; and/or amphotericin B, number (%)†	5 (33%)	5 (83%)	0.02
Therapeutic surgery, number (%)	8 (32%)	1 (17%)	0.16

∗Only the patients with definite history of corticosteroid use were included.
†Topical natamycin +/− amphotericin B was used to treat 15 eyes among previous cases and 6 eyes in current series.