Clinical Comparison of Fusarium Keratitis according to the Initial Potassium Hydroxide (KOH) Smear: A Retrospective Study in South Korea
Table 1
Epidemiology for eyes with culture-provenFusarium keratitis divided by the initial KOH smear.
Characteristics
KOH-positive (n = 32)
KOH-negative (n = 47)
Total (n = 79)
value
Sex
0.926
Male
16 (50.0)
23 (48.9)
39 (49.4)
Female
16 (50.0)
24 (51.1)
40 (50.6)
Laterality
0.865
Right eye
13 (40.6)
20 (42.6)
33 (41.8)
Left eye
19 (59.4)
27 (57.4)
46 (58.2)
Occupation
0.156
Agriculture
24 (75.0)
28 (59.6)
52 (65.8)
Nonagriculture
8 (25.0)
19 (40.4)
27 (34.2)
Residence
0.211
Urban
5 (15.6)
13 (27.7)
18 (22.8)
Rural
27 (84.4)
34 (72.3)
61 (77.2)
Systemic disease
Hypertension
6 (18.8)
8 (17.0)
14 (17.7)
Diabetes mellitus
3 (9.4)
12 (25.5)
15 (19.0)
Other†
4 (12.5)
5 (10.6)
9 (11.4)
Values are presented as a number (%). KOH = potassium hydroxide. A , value was calculated using the chi-square test; †other: cerebral-cardiac vascular disease (3), Hansen’s disease (2), liver cirrhosis (2), tuberculosis (1), and so on.
