Clinical Study
Comparison of Mycotic Keratitis with Nonmycotic Keratitis: An Epidemiological Study
Table 7
Risk factors among mycotic and nonmycotic keratitis cases.
| | Mycotic keratitis | Nonmycotic keratitis | | Number | % | Number | % |
| Risk factors | | | | | Organic trauma | 138 | 38.2 | 213 | 45 | Nonorganic trauma | 73 | 20.2 | 142 | 30 | Ocular surgery | 118 | 32.7 | 0 | 0 | Systemic disease | 8 | 2.2 | 49 | 10.4 | Prolonged local antibiotic | 22 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | More than one factor | 17 | 6 | 61 | 12.9 | No obvious cause | 2 | 0.6 | 69 | 14.6 |
| Total | 361 | 100 | 473 | 100 |
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