Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Ocular Infections: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Table 1

Distribution of the types of ocular NTM infections.

Type of infection	Number of eyes ()
Periocular and adnexal infections
Orbital [5, 10–16]	11 (2.6%)
Eyelid and periocular skin [14, 17–25]	28 (6.7%)
Lacrimal system [14, 18, 26–34]	17 (4.0%)
Total	56 (13.3%)
Ocular surface infections
Keratitis [3, 4, 8, 27, 35–133]	290 (69.0%)
Scleritis [134–143]	18 (4.3%)
Conjunctivitis [144–146]	3 (0.7%)
Total	311 (74.0%)
Intraocular infections and uveitis
Endophthalmitis [6, 74, 92, 106, 116, 133, 138, 147–172]	44 (10.4%)
Choroiditis [4, 173–176]	6 (1.5%)
Iridocyclitis [177]	1 (0.2%)
Panuveitis [178]	2 (0.5%)
Total	53 (12.6%)