Clinical Study
Microbial Keratitis Profile at a University Hospital in Hong Kong
Table 1
Demographic data of patients with microbial keratitis treated at a university hospital in Hong Kong between 2012 and 2014.
| | Number of patients | % |
| Age (years) | | | <20 | 3 | 6 | 21–39 | 25 | 49 | 40–64 | 14 | 27 | >65 | 9 | 18 | Sex | | | Male | 29 | 57 | Female | 22 | 43 | Risk factors | | | Contact lens wear | 23 | 45 | Foreign body | 6 | 12 | Recurrent corneal erosion | 5 | 10 | Corneal graft | 4 | 8 | Skin condition | 2 | 4 | Exposure keratopathy | 2 | 4 | Bullous keratopathy | 1 | 2 | Herpetic keratitis | 1 | 2 | Neurotrophic ulcer | 1 | 2 | Ocular trauma | 1 | 2 | Trichiasis | 1 | 2 | No risk factor | 4 | 8 |
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