Spectrum and Sensitivity of Bacterial Keratitis Isolates in Auckland

Table 5

Relative proportions of the five most common pathogens in the present study compared to bacterial keratitis isolates from published reports.

Bacterial species	Present study	Christchurch, NZ [16]	Wellington, NZ [17]	Waikato, NZ [15]	Taiwan [22]	Australia [18]	Auckland [10]
Study period	2013-2014	1997–2001	2001–2005	2003–2007	1994–2005	2001–2003	1999–2001
Staphylococcus (%)	38.2	30.5	62.5	52.3	11	46.6	54.6
Pseudomonas (%)	21.3	3.1	N/A	3.4	46.7	8.3	9.3
Moraxella (%)	18	19.3	12.5	8	N/A	N/A	8
Corynebacterium (%)	16.9	16	7.5	6.9	3.3	1.7	8
Streptococcus (%)	20.2	17.5	2.5	11.5	7.6	6.7	14.7

Including coagulase-negative Staphylococcus aureus.
N/A = not available.