Bacterial Profile of External Ocular Infections, Its Associated Factors, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern among Patients Attending Karamara Hospital, Jigjiga, Eastern Ethiopia

Table 3

Bacterial profiles among different clinical features of external ocular infection attending at Karamara hospital, Jigjiga, eastern Ethiopia, 2020.

Bacterial isolate	Conjunctivitis N = 139	Blepharitis N = 86	Blepharo-conjunctivitisN = 42	Dacryocystitis N = 21	Total N = 179
Gram-positive cocci; Staphylococcus aureus	58 (55.8%)	30 (50%)	2 (40%)	5 (50%)	95 (53.1%)
Streptococcus pneumonia	2 (1.9%)	2 (3.3%)	—	—	4 (2.2%)
Coagulase-negative staphylococcus	32 (30.8%)	22 (36.7%)	1 (20%)	3 (30%)	58 (32.4%)
Gram-negative cocci; Moraxella spp	—	—	1 (20%)	1(10%)	2 (1.1%)
Gram-negative bacilli; Pseudomonas-aeruginosa	1 (1%)	2 (3.3%)	—	—	3 (1.7%)
Escherichia. coli	5 (4.8%)	4 (6.7%)	1 (20%)	1 (10%)	11 (6.2%)
Klebsiella-pneumonia	6 (5.7%)	—	—	—	6 (3.3%)