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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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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 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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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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Recurrent Scedosporium apiospermum Cutaneous Infection in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Potent Role of IL-6 Signaling Pathway Blockade: A Case-Based Review

Journal of Fungi, 2023
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients deal with a higher risk of bacterial and fungal infections compared to the general population because of their dysregulated immune system as well as the immunosuppressive therapy they usually receive.
Antigone Pieta, Aliki I. Venetsanopoulou, Christos Kittas, Eirini Christaki, Paraskevi V. Voulgari   +4 more
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Eye for an eye: near-fatal outcome of fungal infection in a young, diabetic girl [PDF]

BMJ Case Reports, 2018
In this report, we describe the case of a young, diabetic girl with ketoacidosis who suffered sudden loss of vision of the right eye. The loss of vision was caused by an invasive rhino-orbital-cerebral fungal infection (mucormycosis) with extensive periorbital thrombosis.
Vos, Fedja I., Reitsma, Sietze, Adriaensen, Gwijde F. J. P. M., Fokkens, Wytske J.   +3 more
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Non-meningeal, non-pulmonary cryptococcosis with limited posterior uveitis in a kidney organ transplant recipient with antibody-mediated rejection: a case report

BMC Ophthalmology, 2023
Background Cryptococcosis is one of the most frequent fungal eye infections in patients with immunosuppression. Currently, treatment approaches for non-meningeal, non-pulmonary cryptococcosis are based on those used for cryptococcal meningitis or ...
Yi-An Lu, Chun-Hsien Lin, Chia-Jen Chang, Kuo-Hsiung Shu, Mu-Chi Chung, Chien-Chih Chou   +5 more
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Fungal Endophthalmitis Associated with Compounded Products

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
Fungal endophthalmitis is a rare but serious infection. In March 2012, several cases of probable and laboratory-confirmed fungal endophthalmitis occurring after invasive ocular procedures were reported nationwide.
Christina A. Mikosz, Rachel M. Smith, Moon Kim, Clara Tyson, Ellen H. Lee, Eleanor Adams, Susanne Straif-Bourgeois, Rick Sowadsky, Shannon Arroyo, Yoran Grant-Greene, Julie Duran, Yvonne Vasquez, Byron F. Robinson, Julie R. Harris, Shawn R. Lockhart, Thomas J. Török, Laurene Mascola, Benjamin J. Park   +17 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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Ophthalmic infections caused by Aspergillus nidulans: A case series and short review of literature [PDF]

Current Medical Mycology, 2021
Background and Purpose: Although Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillus flavus are more commonly implicated with ocular infections; there are some saprophytic species, such as Aspergillus nidulans (A.
Prachala Rathod, Atul Kumar, Radhika Tandon, Nishat Ahmed   +3 more
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