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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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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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Filamentous Fungal Infections in a Tertiary Care Setting: Epidemiology and Clinical Outcome

Journal of Fungi, 2021
Information on the distribution of filamentous fungal pathogens, which cause potential life-threatening invasive infections mostly in immunocompromised persons, is of great importance.
Miriam Van den Nest, Gernot Wagner, Martin Riesenhuber, Constantin Dolle, Elisabeth Presterl, Gerald Gartlehner, Deddo Moertl, Birgit Willinger   +7 more
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Orbital abscess caused by Exophiala dermatitidis following posterior subtenon injection of triamcinolone acetonide: a case report and a review of literature related to Exophiala eye infections

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Subtenon injection of triamcinolone acetonide (STTA) has been widely adopted in the clinical setting of ophthalmology and its infectious complications are rare.
Chiharu Iwahashi, Hiroshi Eguchi, Fumika Hotta, Mayu Uezumi, Miki Sawa, Masatomo Kimura, Takashi Yaguchi, Shunji Kusaka   +7 more
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Invasion of the therapeutic contact lens by a rare fungal species presenting as the acute red eye: A case report

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020
Therapeutic contact lens used in the treatment of non-infective corneal pathologies are prone to infection by microorganisms like bacteria, protozoa and fungi. Bacteria cause the majority of contact lens-related infections. Although rare, fungal invasion
C S Lalitha, Bhagabat Nayak, Vinaykumar Hallur, Anjali Kharolia   +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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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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Fungal, Mycobacterial, and Nocardia infections and the eye: an update [PDF]

Eye, 2011
Although relatively uncommon, fungi, atypical Mycobacteria, and Nocardia have been isolated from a variety of infections of eye including keratitis, scleritis, canaliculitis, dacryocystitis, endophthalmitis and orbital cellulites. The organisms typically cause a slowly progressive disease.
P. Garg
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A Rare Case of Alternaria citri Keratitis Successfully Treated with Voriconazole [PDF]

Journal of Fungi
The genus Alternaria comprises several species of dematiaceous hyphomycetes known to cause opportunistic infections in humans. Over the past two decades, fungal infections have emerged as a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly among
Maura Bertazzolo, Giorgia Boaretto, Elena Zani, Massimo Busin, Deborah Cruciani, Silvia Crotti, Chiara Poletti, Roberta Vatri, Alessandra Caracciolo, Cristina Lapucci   +9 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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