Table 1

Bacterial keratitis infiltration and improvement scores over time

GroupVisitInfiltration scoreImprovement scoreP value
MeanSDMeanSD
1Baseline2.631.060.92
22.660.75
112 hours2.581.060.040.130.02
22.380.840.270.38
1D12.441.150.180.27<0.0001
21.720.720.930.50
1D31.690.880.930.39<0.0001
20.750.591.900.54
1D51.130.991.500.56<0.0001
20.200.392.450.57
1D140.110.322.510.950.62
20.000.002.660.75
  • Group 1 (antibiotic only, n=18) and group 2 (antibiotic+drug-depository contact lens, n=17).

  • D, day.;