Professional paper

Bacterial Keratitis - Empirical Treatment or Therapy According to Antibiotic Sensitivity Report

Rajko Kordić
Shkelqim Kica
Irena Vladušić

Abstract

Despite a wide spectrum of antibiotics available, bacterial keratitis remains one of the leading causes of blindness in the world. The aim of this report is to give an account of patients with initial treatment modification according to antibiotic sensitivity report. Records of 44 keratitis patients treated during the 2005-2006 period were retrospectively analyzed. There were 32, three and nine patients with a clinical picture bacterial, fungal and viral keratitis, respectively. Corneal scrapings were obtained in 28 patients, and positive results were recorded in only five cases. The initial antibiotic therapy was modified in three patients with fungal agents identified.

Keywords

Bacterial keratitis; Antibiotic sensitivity report; Therapy modification

Hrčak ID:

22761

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/22761

Publication date:

1.4.2008.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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