Table 1 Summary of published study
Authors | Makdoumi [ [25]] | Makdoumi [ [24]] | Morén [ [26]] | Iseli [ [27]] | Micelli Ferrari [ [28]] | Khan [ [29]] | Anwar [ [23]] | Price [ [34]] | Panda [ [35]] | Sorkhabi [ [36]] | Müller [ [37]] | Skaat [ [38]] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Years published | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | 2008 | 2009 | 2011 | 2011 | 2012 | 2012 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 |
Design | Case series | Case series | Case report | Case series | Case report | Case series | Case series | Case series | Case series | Case Series | Case series | Case series |
Level of evidence | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Risk of bias | B | A | C | B | C | B | C | A | C | B | A | C |
Number of patients | 7 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6 |
Age | 66.7 (43 to 84) | 42 (18 to 83) | 25 | 43.2 (27 to 66) | 78 | 42 (30 to 61) | 38.5 (30 to 47) | 57.1 (18 to 86) | 50 (18 to 72) | 62.4 (18 to 78) | 41.8 (16 to 78) | 46.3 (21 to 66) |
Bacteria | 4 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 |
Gram-positive | 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 2 | |||||
Gram-negative | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Fungus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Yeas t | 1 | |||||||||||
Mold | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||
Protozoan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Acanthamoeba | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Virus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Negative/not performed | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Melting arrested | 7 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
Cornea transplanted | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Visual rehabilitation | 2 | (1 enucleation) | ||||||||||
Tectonic aim | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |