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Determination and Prevalence of Bacterial and Fungal Keratitis among Patients in Baghdad City

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2018
The study included 234 patients attended to Iben AL-Haithem hospital of ophthalmology in Baghdad city having microbial keratitis , at age of (18-81) years for the period from September 2017- April 2018 .
Zena K. Khalil, Alyaa M. Hadi, Saif S. Al-Kamil   +2 more
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Recurrent Bacterial Keratitis

Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, 2013
To investigate the rate of recurrent bacterial keratitis, associated bacteria, and surgical intervention.Patients with suspected bacterial keratitis were identified from microbiological requests over a 16-year period between 1995 and 2010. Recurrences and number of surgical interventions were analyzed according to bacterial type.A total of 2418 ...
Kaye, Rebecca, Kaye, Abigail, Sueke, Henri, Neal, Timothy, Winstanley, Craig, Horsburgh, Malcolm, Kaye, Stephen   +6 more
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Amniotic Membrane Transplantation in Herpetic Keratitis and Bacterial Keratitis

Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi, 2013
Purpose: To evaluate the effect of amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) in the treatment of corneal ulcers resulting from herpetic keratitis (HK) and bacterial keratitis (BK).
Elif Eraslan Yusufoğlu, Ayşe Burcu, Züleyha Yalnız Akkaya, Firdevs Örnek   +3 more
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Animal Models of Bacterial Keratitis [PDF]

BioMed Research International, 2011
Bacterial keratitis is a disease of the cornea characterized by pain, redness, inflammation, and opacity. Common causes of this disease are Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. Animal models of keratitis have been used to elucidate both the bacterial factors and the host inflammatory response involved in the disease.
Mary E. Marquart
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Visual Recovery in Treated Bacterial Keratitis [PDF]

Ophthalmology, 2014
Bacterial keratitis is a leading cause of visual impairment worldwide. However, the natural history of treated bacterial keratitis has not been well characterized. We performed a secondary analysis of the Steroids for Corneal Ulcers Trial (SCUT; clinicaltrials.gov #NCT00324168) to better characterize the rate of visual acuity improvement after ...
Srinivasan, Muthiah, Mascarenhas, Jeena, Rajaraman, Revathi, Ravindran, Meenakshi, Lalitha, Prajna, Ray, Kathryn J, Zegans, Michael E, Acharya, Nisha R, Lietman, Thomas M, Keenan, Jeremy D, Group, Steroids for Corneal Ulcers Trial   +10 more
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Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infectious keratitis: key bacterial mechanisms that mediate pathogenesis and emerging therapeutics [PDF]

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2023
Bacterial keratitis (bacterial infection of the cornea) is a major cause of vision loss worldwide. Given the rapid and aggressive nature of the disease, immediate broad-spectrum antibiotics are essential to adequately treat this disease.
Shalini Shah, Rachel A. F. Wozniak
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The efficacy of moxifloxacin in patients with bacterial keratitis [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2018
Background/Aim. Keratitis is a sociomedical problem of moderately developed countries. including Serbia, too. The incidence of bacterial keratitis in the world is about 20% in relation to all keratitis, but its frequency in Serbia is still not known ...
Janićijević Katarina M., Kocić Sanja, Radovanović Snežana, Radević Svetlana, Mihailjević Olgica, Janićijević-Petrović Mirjana   +5 more
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Chronic Ocular Hypertension after Treated Multifocal Bacterial Keratitis

Case Reports in Ophthalmology, 2013
Purpose: To report an unusual case of multifocal bacterial keratitis that despite success-ful treatment caused chronic ocular hypertension. Methods: A 67-year-old woman with unilateral multifocal keratitis and no previous ocular pathology was admitted to
Theodoros Athanassios Papadopoulos, Georgia Vrouva, Maria Bafa, Nikolaos Paterakis, Maria Chounta   +4 more
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Corneal Collagen Crosslinking Treatment in a Case with Pneumococcal Keratitis [PDF]

Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi, 2017
Bacterial keratitis is a serious ocular infectious disease that can threaten vision. The disease generally progresses rapidly and can lead to corneal scar, stromal abscess formation, perforation, and dissemination to adjacent tissues if not treated ...
Ayşe Bozkurt Oflaz, Banu Bozkurt, Ümit Kamış, Bengü Ekinci Köktekir   +3 more
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Contact lens associated microbial keratitis: practical considerations for the optometrist

Clinical Optometry, 2016
Aaron B Zimmerman, Alex D Nixon, Erin M Rueff College of Optometry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USAAbstract: Microbial keratitis (MK) is a corneal condition that encompasses several different pathogens and etiologies.
Zimmerman AB, Nixon AD, Rueff EM
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