Clinical and Microbiological Profile of Bacterial and Fungal Suspected Corneal Ulcer at University of Gondar Tertiary Eye Care and Training Centre, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 3

Microbiological characteristics of corneal scrape samples for studying clinical and microbiological profile among bacterial and fungal suspected corneal ulcers at University of Gondar Tertiary Eye Care and Training Centre, North West Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 30).

Characteristics	Frequency (n)	Percent
Corneal scrape culture result (n = 30)	Pure fungi growth	13	43.3
	Pure bacterial	7	23.3
	Mixed bacterial and fungal growth	3	10.0
	No growth	7	23.3
Bacterial isolates (n = 10)	S. aureus	5	50.0
	Streptococcus species	2	20.0
	Pseudomonas species	2	20.0
	Proteus vulgaris	1	10.0
Fungal isolate (n = 16)	Aspergillus species	9	56.3
	Penicillium and Aspergillus species	2	12.5
	Candida species	1	6.3
	Penicillium species	2	12.5
	Scopulariopsis brevicaulis	1	6.3
	Rhizopus species	1	6.3