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Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 4 Distribution of predisposing factors according to causative agents of keratitis

From: Bacterial and fungal causes of infectious keratitis among patients attending Research Institute of Ophthalmology

Predisposing factors

Total no.

Bacterial Keratitis

Fungal keratitis

No growth(20)

P value

Ocular trauma

With non organic objects

6

2

1

3

0.606

With organic objects

9

0

8

1

< 0.05

Diabetes mellitus

9

0

7

2

< 0.05

Previous ocular surgery

11

4

3

4

0.913

Idiopathic

10

0

2

8

< 0.05

Contact lens

2

0

0

2

0.135

Topical steroids

3

1

2

0

0.367

  1. P value < 0.05 is considered significant
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