Research Article
Spectrum and Sensitivity of Bacterial Keratitis Isolates in Auckland
Table 1
Prevalence of bacteria isolated in corneal scrape from severe cases of keratitis in Auckland Hospital in New Zealand (2013-2014) compared with results at the same site in 1999–2001.
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Streptococcus mitis (4), Staphylococcus capitis (3), Staphylococcus warneri (3), Streptococcus Lancefield (3), Staphylococcus haemolyticus (1), Parvimonas micra (1), Streptococcus pyogenes (1), methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (1), flucloxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (1), and Staphylococcus lugdunensis (1). Corynebacterium macginleyi (9), Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum (2), Corynebacterium jeikeium (1), and other Corynebacterium species (3). Nocardia veterana (1). Moraxella lacunata (8), Moraxella nonliquefaciens (6), and other Moraxella species (2). Haemophilus influenza (4), Klebsiella oxytoca (2), Shewanella putrefaciens (1), Elizabethkingia meningoseptica (1), Acinetobacter baumannii complex (1), Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (1), Proteus mirabilis (1), and Morganella morganii (1). Percentage sum was greater than 100% because of polymicrobial infections; N/A = not available. |