İNFEKSİON KERATİTLƏRİN EPİDEMİOLOJİ XÜSUSİYYƏTLƏRİ VƏ BAKI ŞƏHƏRİ ƏHALİSİNƏ STASİONAR YARDIMIN ZƏRURİLİYİ

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SUMMARY

Purpose - to evaluate the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of infectious keratitis and the need for
inpatient care for the population of Baku.

Materials and methods
Information on all cases (219) of hospitalization of patients - residents of the city of Baku due to infectious
keratitis was collected by the method of the full coverage. All patients were divided into groups by age (0-9, 10-
19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80 and older), by sex, by etiological factor (myotic, viral, bacterial,
mixed forms). Materials are statistically processed by methods of analysis of qualitative characteristics.

Results
The age composition of patients with different forms of infectious diseases of the cornea is different from
each other. Persons of the following age groups prevailed with bacterial keratitis: 30-39 - 23 (19.01%), 40-49 - 35
(28.92%), 50-59 years old - 32 (26.45%). With viral keratitis, mainly people aged 20-29 - 2 (8.33%), 30-39 - 4
(16.67%), 40-49 - 8 (33.33%) and 50-59 years old - 4 (16.67%) were hospitalized. When analyzing the types
of infections by individual age groups, differences between them were not revealed. Hospitalization frequency
was 9,75±0,66 per 100 000 person. The value of this indicator was relatively greater with bacterial keratitis
(5,39±0,49). For other types of infections, the hospitalization frequency was similar: 1,07±0,22 viral keratitis;
1,20±0,23 mycotic keratitis; 1,02±0,21 mixed keratitis.

Conclusion
Hospitalization rate of patients with infectious keratitis is 9,75±0,66. Bacterial keratitis predominate in the
structure of etiological factors of infectious keratitis. The need for hospitalization depends on the age, the maximal
age is 60-69 years (19,33±3,36) and maximal on age 0-9 years (0,90±0,51).