Keratitis dendritica. An epidemiological investigation.
One hundred and seven outbreaks of dendritic keratitis have been registered by the ophthalmologists over a 2-year-period in a region with a population of approximately 446 000 persons. The incidence was found to be 12/100 000/year. The average age of our sample was 46.5 years with the same age distribution for males and females, and with a non-significant predominance of males. No seasonal variation of dendritic keratitis was observed. 50% of the patients had previously suffered from dendritic keratitis. In 25% of the patients the onset of the disease had been preceded by an infectious disease, while 6% were on local steroid therapy for non-dendritic eye diseases prior to the dendritic outbreak.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007635:Keratitis, Dendritic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012621:Seasons; D012737:Sex Factors