**3. Corneal predisposing factors in corneal infections**


drome, epithelial abrasion with mineral or organic foreign body, trauma due to surger‐ ies, long lasting use of contaminated contact lens and toxic agent are considered as local risk factor for both corneal infections, and with the presence of one or more of these events, even local conjunctiva microbioma as coagulase negative *Staphylococcus* are ca‐ pable of causing corneal inflammatory response.

