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Ocular Fungal Infections [PDF]

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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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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Amphotericin B Polymer Nanoparticles Show Efficacy against Candida Species Biofilms [PDF]

Pathogens, 2022
Purpose: Chronic infections of Candida albicans are characterised by the embedding of budding and entwined filamentous fungal cells into biofilms. The biofilms are refractory to many drugs and Candida biofilms are associated with ocular fungal infections.
Abdulghani Alakkad, Paul Stapleton, Corinna Schlosser, Sudaxshina Murdan, Uchechukwu Odunze, Andreas Schatzlein, Ijeoma F. Uchegbu   +6 more
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Atypical conjunctival sporotrichosis secondary to Mooren’s ulcer: a case report [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Conjunctival sporotrichosis is a rare fungal infection, typically presenting as granulomatous lesions. Its manifestations can be atypical, particularly in immunosuppressed patients. Here, we present a rare case of a Mooren’s ulcer patient with
Qing Su, He Dong, Lin Cui, Lijun Zhang
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Presumed granulomatosis with polyangiitis presenting with anterior scleritis and inflammatory ciliary body granuloma [PDF]

Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection
Purpose To present a case of presumed limited granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) associated with anterior scleritis and ciliary body inflammatory granuloma which was treated with systemic rituximab (RTX), oral mycophenolate mofetil, and intravitreal (
Negin Yavari, Hashem Ghoraba, S. Saeed Mohammadi, Dalia El Feky, Irmak Karaca, Quan Dong Nguyen, Christopher Or   +6 more
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Endophthalmitis patients in Makassar City: molecular identification of pathogenic fungal profile [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Endophthalmitis is a severe inflammation of the internal ocular structures, usually caused by bacterial or fungal infections, and can lead to rapid, irreversible blindness.
Willy Wirawan Guslianto, Yunialthy Dwia Pertiwi, Mochammad Hatta, Lisa Tenriesa, Ririn Nislawati, Fadhilah Syamsuri, Muhammad Nasrum Massi, Firdaus Hamid   +7 more
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Murine model for Fusarium oxysporum invasive fusariosis reveals organ-specific structures for dissemination and long-term persistence [PDF]

, 2014
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A Di Pietro, A Reuben, AL Martinez-Rocha, Antonio Di Pietro, B Musher, BE de Pauw, CS Foster, CY Low, David R. Andes, DB Jones, DC Sheppard, Donna MacCallum, E Anaissie, E Mayayo, EI Boutati, FC Odds, FM Polack, FP Silveira, GM Gonzalez, GP Bodey, HC Gugnani, IL Stevenson, J Guarro, KA Marr, Katja Schäfer, M Nucci, M Nucci, M Nucci, M Ortoneda, MC Dignani, MJ Bharathi, MS Lopez-Berges, MS Lopez-Berges, NA Rotowa, Neil A. R. Gow, PE Nelson, PE Nelson, RC Prados-Rosales, TF Patterson, TJ Liesegang, TJ Walsh, Y Couteaudier, Y Fan, Y Ishibashi, Y Kono, Y Zhao   +45 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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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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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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