Trends in antibiotic resistance in bacterial keratitis isolates from South India.

Aims: To report trends in antibiotic resistance in cases of bacterial keratitis from a large eye hospital in South India.

Methods: In this retrospective cross-sectional study, the microbiology laboratory records of patients with infectious keratitis diagnosed at an eye hospital in South India from 2002 to 2013 were reviewed to determine the proportion with antibiotic non-susceptibility.

Results: 3685 bacterial isolates had susceptibility testing performed over the 12-year period.