Abstract
Introduction; Keratitis is an inammations of the cornea and Microbial keratitis is a most common type. Potentially sight threatening ocular infection are known to be the second most signicant cause of monocular blindness rated after cataract in some developing nations in particular. The aetiology of microbial keratitis varies signicantly from country to country. Objective; To determine the epidemiological features, microbiological diagnosis and treatment outcome of infective keratitis. Methods: This hospital based prospective study conducted on 75 patients with clinical diagnosis of corneal ulceration at ophthalmology department, RNT Medical College and Hospital Udaipur, over a period of 18 months. Result: majority of cases were from 41-60age group and most common factor was ocular vegetative trauma. Microorganisms were isolated from 75.86% of the 58 corneas that were cultured. culture proven bacterial keratitis. 58 patients taken for the laboratory investigation by smears and culture. Pure bacterial growth was present in 21(36.2%) pure fungal growth was present in 19 (32.8%) mixed growth was present in 4 (6.9%), 14(24.1% were not showing any culture growth. Out of 75, 19 (25.33%) were viral keratitis
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