Nocardia keratitis: Microbiological characteristics, antibiotic sensitivity, and clinical profile in a tertiary care setting.

The mean duration from symptom onset to presentation was 28.62 (median = 4.0) days, and the mean infiltration size was 2.7 ± 1.0 mm.

Contact lens (contact lens) use was the most common risk factor, identified in eight patients (21.1%).

There were no significant differences in age, infiltration size, presenting visual acuity (logMAR), or admission duration between contact lens users and nonusers ( P > 0.05).

The mean visual acuity was 1.56 logMAR at presentation and showed a slight, nonsignificant improvement to 1.49 logMAR at discharge ( P = 0.3).