1Department of Ophthalmology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India

2Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India

3Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India

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Submitted: February 15, 2022

Accepted: September 11, 2022

Funding/Support: None of the authors have reported funding/support.

Conflict of Interest Disclosure: None of the authors have financial conflict of interest.

Author Contributions: Conceptualization: GR; Data Curation: GR, TM; Formal Analysis: GR; Investigation: PR; Supervision: GR, TV, TM; Validation: GR; Writing – Original Draft: GR, TV; Writing – Review & Editing: GR, TV.