The aim of the study was to identify the incidence of infective keratitis presenting to the ophthalmology emergency department at Cairo University hospital, the risk factors and the bacterial/fungal spectrum causing the ulcers and to determine the best possible empirical therapy followed by specific therapy after obtaining culture results.
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To identify risk factors and the most common causative organisms of microbial keratitis among the Egyptian population through history taking from each patient and the results of corneal sampling taken from the ulcer.
Timeframe: Three weeks for each participant
To detect incidence of infective keratitis amongst all ophthalmological casualty cases by documenting the number of cases presenting or referred to the casualty of the ophthalmology department.
Timeframe: through study completion, an average of eight months
To detect antimicrobial susceptibility and resistance of different antimicrobial agents causing corneal infections in our study group.
Timeframe: two weeks for each participant