Aim: The aim of the study is to evaluate the role of risk factors, clinical presentation and microbial profile on the outcome of infectious keratitis.
Methods: This prospective study of 40 eyes of 40 patients admitted for microbial keratitis in Mansoura ophthalmic center during the period from august 2019 to march 2020. The study focuses on risk factors, clinical course, and prognosis of infectious keratitis. Patients were not included in this study if they had concomitant endomphthalimitis, corneal perforation and descemetocele or Noninfectious keratitis as chemical, thermal or autoimmune keratitis.
Results: There is no statistically significant association between presence of ocular and systemic risk factors and outcome of treatment among studied cases, however; Exposure keratopathy illustrates a statistically significant higher frequency among cases with bad outcome (28.6%) versus no cases with good outcome.
Conclusion: Risk factors in ocular history had no significant effect on the treatment outcome of microbial keratitis except for exposure Keratopathy which showed the worst effect on the outcome of treatment. Clinical picture of microbial keratitis had no significant effect on the treatment outcome of microbial keratitis except for the depth of infiltration which showed a highly significant effect on the outcome of treatment.