Bacterial keratitis

Bacterial keratitis is the most infectious keratopathy in the 1960s. After the 1970s, viral keratitis, fungal keratitis, and acanthamoeba keratitis increased rapidly, but bacterial keratitis is still Infectious keratopathy with the highest incidence and blindness rate. The development trend of bacterial keratitis is the increasing number of opportunistic infections, mixed infections and drug-resistant bacteria infections, which brings certain difficulties to the diagnosis and treatment of the disease, and ophthalmologists must pay great attention and attention. Bacterial keratitis often has risk factors, or related factors, and any factor that can destroy the integrity of tears, corneal epithelium, limbal blood vessels, and corneal endothelial cells can provide opportunities for bacterial infections. The most common related factors are trauma, contact lens wear, ocular surface diseases, corneal surgery, local or systemic diseases, and so on.

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