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Volume 5, Issue 6(Suppl) J Infect Dis Ther, an open access journal
ISSN: 2332-0877 Euro Infectious Diseases 2017
September 07-09, 2017
September 07-09, 2017 | Paris, France
Infectious Diseases
6th Euro-Global Conference on
Resistant Microbial Keratitis in South Nile Delta, Egypt: Influence of Regional Risk Factors
Hatem M. Marey, Sameh S. Mandour and Hassan G. Farahat
Menoufia University, Egypt
Purpose: This study was conducted in an attempt to identify the regional, geographic, climatic, socioeconomic, and other risk
factors for microbial keratitis in south Nile Delta, Egypt.
Methods: This is a prospective crosssectional study that was carried out on 340 eyes of 340 patients with microbial keratitis
attending at the outpatient clinic of Ophthalmology Department of Menoufia University Hospital during a period of three
years between March 2010 and March 2013.
Results: Epidemiological factors, lines of management, and follow-up results were recorded and statistically analyzed and there
were regional variations in the prevalence, risk factors, and outcome in resistant corneal ulcers.
Conclusion: Higher incidence of affections and complications has appeared in farmers, rural area residents, and illiterates
which are considered the main predisposing factors for ulcer resistance. According to culture results, bacterial organisms
(especially Staphylococcus aureus) were the main cause of resistant corneal ulcers.
Biography
Hatem Marey and his coworkers has conducted this study to evaluate the the regional, geographic, climatic, socioeconomic, and other risk factors for microbial
keratitis in south Nile Delta, Egypt. The study that was carried out on 340 eyes of 340 patients with microbial keratitis in an attempt to evaluate the risk factors on
microbial keratitis. They found a higher incidence of affections and complications in farmers, rural area residents, and illiterates.
Hatem M. Marey et al., J Infect Dis Ther 2017, 5:6(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2332-0877-C1-033