Skip to main content

Table 2 Summary of healing rate for HK, dendritic and geographic ulcers at Day 7

From: A systematic review and meta-analysis to compare the efficacy of acyclovir 3% ophthalmic ointment to idoxuridine in curing herpetic keratitis by Day 7 of treatment

Study

Healed/Total (%)

Herpetic keratitis

Dendritic ulcers

Geographic ulcers

ACV

IDU

ACV

IDU

ACV

IDU

Colin [21]

19/25 (76)

11/27 (41)

    

Collum [22]

29/30 (97)

6/29 (21)

29/30 (97)

6/29 (21)

  

Coster [23]

27/29 (93)

24/30 (80)

27/28 (96)

22/26 (85)

0/1 (0)

2/4 (50)

Hamard [24]

21/28 (75)

12/23 (52)

    

Kitano [25]

40/54 (74)

26/55 (47)

    

Klauber [26]

12/18 (67)

6/20 (30)

8/10 (80)

5/10 (50)

4/8 (50)

1/10 (10)

McCulley [27]

19/30 (63)

18/34 (53)

16/26 (62)

17/26 (65)

3/4 (75)

1/8 (12)

Summary 95%

167/214 (78)

103/218 (47)

80/94 (85)

50/91 (55)

7/13 (54)

4/22 (18)

CI of summary

(72%, 84%)

(41%, 54%)

(78%, 92%)

(45%, 65%)

(27%, 81%)

(2%, 34%)