Clinical Study
Excimer Laser Phototherapeutic Keratectomy for the Treatment of Clinically Presumed Fungal Keratitis
Table 1
Results of pathogen examination from 47 clinically presumed fungal keratitis subjects.
| Case | Laboratory examination | Smear staining | Culture | Histopathology |
| 1 | − | Staphylococcus epidermidis | Aspergillus | 2 | − | − | Fungi | 3 | − | − | Candida | 4 | Aspergillus | − | Aspergillus | 5 | − | Staphylococcus aureus | − | 6 | − | − | Candida | 7 | − | − | Fungi | 8 | − | Staphylococcus aureus | − | 9 | − | Hemolytic Staphylococcus | − | 10 | − | Aspergillus flavus | Fungi | 11 | − | − | Fungi | 12 | − | Hemolytic Streptococcus | Fungi | 13 | − | Escherichia coli | − | 14 | − | − | Fungi | 15 | − | − | Fungi | 16 | − | Staphylococcus epidermidis | − | 17 | − | Pseudomonas alcaligenes | Fungi | 18 | − | Staphylococcus epidermidis | − | 19 | − | Staphylococcus epidermidis | Fungi | 20 | − | Streptococcus pneumoniae | − | 21–47 | − | − | − |
| Total | 1 | 12 | 13 |
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−: negative.
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