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Table 2 Causes of pediatric keratitis. LSCD: Limbal stem cell deficiency, HSV: Herpes simplex virus

From: A ten-year report of microbial keratitis in pediatric population under five years in a tertiary eye center

Causes

Value

Trauma

38 (40.9%)

Ocular surface disease*

29 (31.2%)

Hx of ocular surface disease**

10 (10.8%)

Unknown

10 (10.8%)

Others

6 (6.5%)

  1. * None of the 5 dry eye cases suffer from a systemic disease
  2. ** The scars of HSV keratitis were risk factor not the recurrence of the infection