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The majority belonged to the upper middle socioeconomic class and presented in summer and rainy seasons. The relative risk of developing infiltrates in cases \u226416 years was 2.38, and in cases with history of vernal keratoconjunctivitis, it was 0.7. The median area of epithelial defect was 12 mm\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      , and the average resolution time was 18.4 \u00b1 12.9 days. The most common organism that was isolated was coagulase-negative Staphylococcus. The majority of the cases on anterior segment optical coherence tomography showed involvement anterior to the demarcation line. Scheimpflug imaging showed three keratometric patterns: flattening and thinning, flattening and thinning with transient steepening, and minimal to no change.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Infiltrative keratitis following accelerated CXL is a rare clinical entity. 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