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Table 1 Overall proportion of common bacterial isolates in ocular infection

From: Bacterial profile of ocular infections: a systematic review

References, country

% of bacterial isolates

 

Gram positive

Gram negative

S. aureus

CoNS*

S. pyogens

S. pneumoniae

P. aeruginosa

E. coli

K. pneumoniae

Proteus spp

H. influenzae

Moraxella spp

N. gonorrhoeae

[10], Nigeria

23.7

19.2

6.2

8.6

10.1

4.4

6.2

1.5

7.7

3

3.9

[22], India

13

37

  

21

3

7

    

[21], Ethiopia

28.1

10.1

 

13.5

20.9

5.4

  

8.8

4

2.7

[46], India

26.6

6.1

1.6

22.14

8.23

0.9

 

0.6

3.45

5.4

0.42

[53], Japan

21

31.4

 

3.2

9.7

 

2.4

1.6

2.4

0.8

 

[50], India

24.6

19.8

 

4.9

16

12.3

4.9

 

4.9

  

[57], Iran

12.9

32.9

 

8.6

       

[75], India

19.13

20.76

0.55

20.76

4.92

1.1

2.74

0.33

 

19.13

20.76

[65], Ethiopia

21

27.4

14.5

11.3

 

8.1

14.5

    

[76], India

32.8

39

 

14.1

3

4.7

6.2

    

[77], Ethiopia

21

18.2

4.2

14

4.9

4.9

6.3

3.4

4.2

2.8

 

[78], USA

19

25

  

8

8

10

    

[79], Malaysia

17

 

3.1

 

16

4

5.5

 

8.3

  

[80], USA

22.1

6.7

 

2.4

13.7

   

2.3

  

Average

20.1

19.5

4.3

6.7

12

5.9

7.7

1.5

5.3

3.2

2.3

  1. Note: CoNS* = Coagulase Negative Staphylococci