Clinical Presentation and Antibiotic Susceptibility of Contact Lens Associated Microbial Keratitis

Table 1

Antibiotic sensitivity and resistance pattern of microorganism isolated from corneal ulcers in patients with microbial keratitis.

	Pseudomonas aeruginosa		Staphylococcus aureus		Enterobacter
	Sensitive	Resistant	Sensitive	Resistant	Sensitive	Resistant
	Number (%)	Number (%)	Number (%)	Number (%)	Number (%)	Number (%)
Penicillin	0 (0)	20 (100)	0 (0)	3 (100)	0 (0)	2 (100)
Ciprofloxacin	19 (95)	1 (5)	0 (0)	3 (100)	2 (100)	0 (0)
Gentamycin	0 (0)	20 (100)	3 (100)	0 (0)	2 (100)	0 (0)
Amikacin	10 (50)	10 (50)	0 (0)	3 (100)	2 (100)	0 (0)
Cephalexin	0 (0)	20 (100)	0 (0)	3 (100)	0 (0)	2 (100)
Ceftazidime	17 (85)	3 (15)	0 (0)	3 (100)	2 (100)	0 (0)
Cefixime	0 (0)	20 (100)	0 (0)	3 (100)	2 (100)	0 (0)
Imipenem	17 (85)	3 (15)	0 (0)	3 (100)	2 (100)	0 (0)
Meropenem	17 (85)	3 (15)	0 (0)	3 (100)	2 (100)	0 (0)