Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Official Publication of Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation
Official Publication of Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation
Print ISSN: 2395-1443
Online ISSN: 2395-1451
CODEN : IJCEKF
Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology (IJCEO) is open access, a peer-reviewed medical journal, published quarterly, online, and in print, by the Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation (IESRF) since 2015. To fulfil our aim of rapid dissemination of knowledge, we publish articles ‘Ahead of Print’ on acceptance. In addition, the journal allows free access (Open Access) to its content, which is likely to attract more readers and citations of articles published in IJCEO. Manuscripts must be prepared in more...Original Article
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Volume : 10, Issue : 4, Year : 2024
Article Page : 699-709
https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijceo.2024.123
Abstract
Purpose: To know the burden of infectious and non-infectious agents associated with ocular infection in pre pandemic and Covid-19 pandemic period with special emphasis on clinical presentation.
Materials and Methods: Demographic, clinical and associated comorbidities, details were collected from the patients presenting to the ophthalmologist in Andaman Islands from August 2017- August 2021. Collected data were statistically computed by using STATA v15.1(Stata Corporation, College Station, TX, USA).
Results: Ocular infections were found in 50.6% of 10,519 kerato-conjunctivitis patients. The highly affected cohort was aged 31 to 40 years (20.10%). No significant gender distribution difference was seen. Among 70% of cases unilaterality was common. The main clinical complaints were erythema (47.5%), lacrimation (41.2%), and pruritus (26.5%). 32.9% had discomfort, and 10% reported decreased eyesight. Additionally, 1,321 of 5,319 patients were using glasses. Additionally, 9.8% (520 people) had hypertension and 9.3% had diabetes. This investigation identified significant clinical and demographic changes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Conclusion: This study contributes to improved prevention, control strategies and enhances diagnostic accuracy by analysing diverse clinical-epidemiological factors of keratoconjunctivitis in Andaman Islands.
Keywords: Ocular infections, Sterile and non- sterile conditions, Infectious conjunctivitis, Viral conjunctivitis, Bacterial conjunctivitis.
How to cite : Beniwal N, Thiruvengadam K, Saharan B, Parvez R, Malik V, Muruganandam N, Burden of ocular infections in the Andaman Islands, India: An overview of clinical and epidemiological factors from 2017-2021. Indian J Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2024;10(4):699-709
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