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Prioritization of Drugs for Fungal Keratitis Eye Infections: An In-Silico Analysis [PDF]

Applied Sciences, 2019
The fungal keratitis (FK) infections that cause cornea inflammations are more virulent than other bacterial keratitis infections and remain one of the most ethereal and challenging infections for ophthalmologists to diagnose and treat.
Punitha Thambidurai, Vinodhini Raja, Saranya Ashokapuram Selvam, Moorthy Kannaiyan, Gnanendra Shanmugam   +4 more
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Climate Change and the Impact on Ocular Infectious Diseases: A Narrative Review [PDF]

Ophthalmology and Therapy
Climate change and global warming significantly affect the incidence and distribution of infectious ocular diseases. This narrative review explores how climate-related factors—including extreme weather events, precipitation, temperature fluctuations ...
Yong Le Tong, Carlos Cifuentes-González, Kajal Agrawal, Fatma Shakarchi, Xin Ying Rachel Song, John S. Ji, Rupesh Agrawal   +6 more
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Ocular involvement in sporotrichosis: report of two cases in children

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2021
Sporotrichosis is a subcutaneous mycosis that affects humans and animals, with a typically subacute or chronic evolution, caused by Sporothrix spp., a dimorphic fungus. Although the cutaneous form is the most frequent presentation, the ocular involvement
Luciana Rodino Lemes, John Verrinder Veasey, Silvia Soutto Mayor, Carolina Contin Proença   +3 more
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Profile of Microbial Isolates in Ophthalmic Infections and Antibiotic Susceptibility of the Bacterial Isolates: A Study in an Eye Care Hospital, Bangalore [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014
Ocular infections are common and vary from self-limiting to sight-threatening. All the structures of the eye can be infected by various microbes.The present study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of bacterial and fungal infections of the eye
Hemavathi, Pooja Sarmah, Poornima Shenoy
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Development of thermosensitive hydrogel of Amphotericin-B and Lactoferrin combination-loaded PLGA-PEG-PEI nanoparticles for potential eradication of ocular fungal infections: In-vitro, ex-vivo and in-vivo studies

International Journal of Pharmaceutics: X, 2023
The most prevalent conditions among ocular surgery and COVID−19 patients are fungal eye infections, which may cause inflammation and dry eye, and may cause ocular morbidity.
Sammar Fathy Elhabal, Shrouk A. Ghaffar, Raghda Hager, Nahla A. Elzohairy, Mohamed Mansour Khalifa, Passant M. Mohie, Rania A. Gad, Nasreen N. Omar, Mohammed H. Elkomy, Mohammad Ahmad Khasawneh, Nashwa Abdelaal   +10 more
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Eye fungal infections: a mini review

Archives of Microbiology, 2023
Ocular fungal infections annually affect more than one million individuals worldwide. The management of these infections is problematic, mainly due to the limited availability of effective antifungal agents. Thus, ocular infections are increasingly recognized as important causes of morbidity and blindness, especially keratitis and endophthalmitis. Thus,
Reginatto, Paula, Agostinetto, Giovanna de Jesus, Fuentefria, Rubia do Nascimento, Marinho, Diane Ruschel, Pizzol, Melissa Dal, Fuentefria, Alexandre Meneghello   +5 more
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Incidence of fungal keratitis in Libya: An epidemiological study

Journal of Public Health and Primary Care, 2022
Background and Objectives: Eye infection may lead to loss of visual function or impairment, causing severe disability. The cornea is particularly sensitive, and the amount of scarring or inflammation that is relatively mild in other areas of the body ...
Ahmed Atia, Abdulsalam Ashour, Hanan Alfaigh   +2 more
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Ocular Fungal Infections

Journal of Fungi, 2022
Fungal infections of the eye continue to be an important cause of ocular morbidity and loss of vision, particularly in the developing world [...]
Max Carlos Ramírez-Soto, Alexandro Bonifaz   +1 more
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Disseminated cutaneous sporotrichosis associated with ocular lesion in an immunocompetent patient [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2016
: A 59-year-old female patient, previously healthy, immunocompetent, presented left bulbar conjunctiva lesions and nodular-ulcerated lesions on the arms and cervical region, besides left cervical and retroauricular lymphadenopathy.
Karina Bittencourt Medeiros, Luana Gomes Landeiro, Lucia Martins Diniz, Aloísio Falqueto   +3 more
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Fungal and Parasitic Infections of the Eye [PDF]

Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2000
SUMMARYThe unique structure of the human eye as well as exposure of the eye directly to the environment renders it vulnerable to a number of uncommon infectious diseases caused by fungi and parasites. Host defenses directed against these microorganisms, once anatomical barriers are breached, are often insufficient to prevent loss of vision.
S A, Klotz, C C, Penn, G J, Negvesky, S I, Butrus   +3 more
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