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Distribution of Microbial Keratitis After Penetrating Keratoplasty According to Early and Late Postoperative Periods

Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi, 2020
Objectives:The aim of this study was to investigate the distribution of microbial agents in the early and late postoperative periods in patients with microbial keratitis (MK) after penetrating keratoplasty (PK).Materials and Methods:The records of 36 ...
Onur Özalp, Eray Atalay, Zülfiye Köktaş, Nilgün Yıldırım   +3 more
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Why honey is effective as a medicine. 1. Its use in modern medicine [PDF]

, 1999
Honey has been used as a medicine for thousands of years and its curative properties are well documented. However, modern medicine turned its back on honey and it is only now, with the advent of multi-resistant bacteria, that the antibiotic properties of
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Neutrophil L-plastin controls ocular paucibacteriality and susceptibility to keratitis [PDF]

, 2020
Why ocular mucosa is paucibacterial is unknown. Many different mechanisms have been suggested but the comprehensive experimental studies are sparse.
Chauhan, Sunil K, Fichorova, Raina, Gadjeva, Mihaela, Kugadas, Abirami, Lamb, Jeffrey, Lin, Tiffany, Littleton, Sejiro, Lu, Xiaoxiao, Mittal, Sharad K, Morley, Sharon Celeste, Ru, Yusha, Saban, Daniel, Smith-Page, Kirsten   +12 more
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Infectious diseases and autoimmunity [PDF]

, 2011
Introduction: Autoimmunity occurs when the immune system recognizes and attacks host tissue. In addition to genetic factors, environmental triggers (in particular viruses, bacteria and other infectious pathogens) are thought to play a major role in the ...
Deidda, Silvia, Delitala, Giuseppe, Delogu, Lucia Gemma, Manetti, Roberto   +3 more
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All-small-molecule supramolecular hydrogels assembled from guanosine 5′-monophosphate disodium salt and tobramycin for the treatment of bacterial keratitis

Bioactive Materials, 2022
Bacterial keratitis is the most common corneal infection which may lead to blindness, and seriously threatened the human visual health worldwide. Clinical treatment with antibiotic eye drops formulation usually falls in low bioavailability and poor ...
Xuejing Cheng, Huiyu Chen, Fang Yang, Jiaxu Hong, Yiyun Cheng, Jingjing Hu   +5 more
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Comparative study on costs incurred for treatment of patients with bacterial and fungal keratitis - A retrospective analysis

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2022
Purpose: To compare the costs associated with medications and travel of patients with smear-proven bacterial keratitis and fungal keratitis in a tertiary care center in India.
NaveenRadhakrishnan, NehaPathak, Krishnan Raja Subramanian, Daisy Rani Das, ReaganNingombam, IshaKhaitan, NehaGandhi, RameshRahul, N Venkatesh Prajna   +8 more
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Empirical treatment of bacterial keratitis: an international survey of corneal specialists. [PDF]

, 2017
Background/aimsNew antibiotic agents and changing susceptibility patterns may have changed the empirical treatment of bacterial keratitis. Our objective in this study was to survey cornea specialists' practice patterns in the initial treatment of ...
Austin, Ariana, Geske, Mike, Lietman, Tom, Mannis, Mark, Rose-Nussbaumer, Jennifer, Schallhorn, Julie   +5 more
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Ceratites microbianas relacionadas a lente de contato [PDF]

, 2008
PURPOSE: Contact lens-associated microbial keratitis is a severe condition with sight-threatening potential and increasing incidence. Information regarding the etiological agents is essential in guiding management and may vary geographically.
Hofling-Lima, Ana Luisa, Moriyama, Aline Silveira   +1 more
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Design against nature [PDF]

, 2003
The process of disinfecting pits technology against nature. This issue is considered through examination of the design and development of a microwave disinfecting system for contact lenses.
Crabbe, A
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Targeting neutrophil extracellular traps in metabolic and immune niche: Nanomaterials for diabetes tissue regeneration

BMEMat, EarlyView.
The effects of NETs on regeneration of various diabetic tissues, and strategies targeting NETs for diabetes tissue regeneration. In the diabetic environment, NETs undergo complex metabolic and immune reprogramming, leading to dynamic changes in antibacterial and proinflammatory functions, and affecting regeneration of multiple systemic tissues.
Xinyi Jiang, Muxin Yue, Kai Mao, Boon Chin Heng, Noor Azlin Yahya, Yunsong Liu, Zheng Li   +6 more
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