Research Article
Clinical Comparison of Fusarium Keratitis according to the Initial Potassium Hydroxide (KOH) Smear: A Retrospective Study in South Korea
Table 6
Medical and surgical treatment for eyes with culture-provenFusarium keratitis divided by the initial KOH smear.
| | Treatments | KOH-positive (n = 32) | KOH-negative (n = 47) | Total (n = 79) | value† |
| | Topical treatment | | Amphotericin B | 31 (96.9) | 32 (68.1) | 63 (79.7) | 0.002 | | Fluconazole | 20 (62.5) | 15 (31.9) | 35 (44.3) | 0.007 | | Voriconazole | 17 (53.1) | 15 (31.9) | 32 (40.5) | 0.059 | | Natamycin | 1 (3.1) | 12 (25.5) | 13 (16.5) | 0.008 | | Moxifloxacin | 21 (65.6) | 24 (51.1) | 45 (57.0) | 0.199 | | Other treatment | | IC antifungal injection | 9 (28.1) | 10 (21.3) | 19 (24.1) | 0.484 | | SC antifungal injection | 8 (25.0) | 4 (8.5) | 12 (15.2) | 0.045 | | Surgical treatment | | PKP | 3 (9.4) | 3 (6.4) | 6 (7.6) | 0.622 | | Evisceration | 1 (3.1) | 12 (25.5) | 13 (16.5) | 0.008 | | Corneal button graft | 1 (3.1) | 1 (2.1) | 2 (2.5) | 0.782 | | AMT | 4 (12.5) | 4 (8.5) | 8 (10.1) | 0.564 | | Conjunctival flap | 0 | 2 (4.3) | 2 (2.5) | 0.237 |
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Values are presented as a number (%). KOH = potassium hydroxide, IC = intracameral, SC = subconjunctival, PKP = penetrating keratoplasty, AMT = amniotic membrane transplantation. Initially selected eye drops. †Chi-square test. |
