Abstract:Purpose:To analyze clinical aspects in a cohort of patients with Staphylococcus keratitis according to coagulase positivity (coagulase negative Staphylococcus [CNS], coagulase positive Staphylococcus [CPS]). Methods: Epidemiology, predisposing factors, clinical characteristics, treatment outcomes, and antibiotic susceptibility were comparatively analyzed in 138 cases of culture-proven Staphylococcus keratitis (94 eyes with CNS and 44 eyes with CPS) over 20 years (1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)… Show more
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