Distribuição das ceratites infecciosas em hospital terciário no Brasil
PURPOSE: To investigate the seasonality of infectious keratitis in a tertiary hospital in Brazil. METHODS: Charts from the Ocular Microbiology Laboratory of the Department of Ophthalmology of the Federal University of São Paulo were reviewed from 2005 to 2009. Infectious keratitis were defined as th...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2013 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.unifesp.br:11600/8070 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0004-27492013000600011 http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/8070 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Keratitis Cornea Corneal ulcer Eye infections, bacterial Eye infections, fungal Ceratite Córnea Úlcera de córnea Infecções oculares bacterianas Infecções oculares fúngicas |
| Sumario: | PURPOSE: To investigate the seasonality of infectious keratitis in a tertiary hospital in Brazil. METHODS: Charts from the Ocular Microbiology Laboratory of the Department of Ophthalmology of the Federal University of São Paulo were reviewed from 2005 to 2009. Infectious keratitis were defined as those with positive culture. Data were distributed monthly and linear regressions with seasonal dummy models were used to test for seasonal trends. RESULTS: Total of 1,468 cases of keratitis was diagnosed during the study period. Bacterial keratitis were reponsible for 80.3% of all cases, followed by fungal (7%), and Acanthamoeba (6%); 6.7% were mixed cases. Statistical tests showed that there were no seasonal trends for bacteria (p=0.064), fungi (p=0.379), Acanthamoeba (p=0.062) or mixed infections (p=0.441). Conclusions: No seasonal trends for infectious keratitis were observed in our sample. |
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