Ulcerative Keratitis in Songklanagarind Hospital

Suchitra Kanok-kantapong, M.D.
Mansing Ratanasukhofl, M.D.
Department of ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Songklanagarind Hospital, SongkIa


ABSTRACT

: A prospective study 81 cases of ulcerative keratitis treated at the Department of Ophthalmology, Songklanagarind Hospital from April 1990 - July 1993 showed that there were 56 males and 25 females with the ratio of 11 5.

The age ranged from 1 to 85 years with the peak at 21-30 years and 51-60 years. The causes of corneal ulcers were mostly unknown (39.5%) and the other were precipitated by vegetative materials (25.9%) and some kinds of dust, iron and insects (13.5%). The etiologic organisms were bacteria (65.4%), fungi (25.9%), virus (3.7%) and mixed organisms (2.4%).

The majority of bacteria were Pneumococcus and Pseudomonas. The commonest fungus was Fusarium. The organism found by smear 38.2% and culture 34.5%