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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Two cases of fungal keratitis caused by Metarhizium anisopliae [PDF]

, 2018
We present two cases of keratitis due to Metarhizium anisopliae in geographically separated areas of the United States. The isolates were microscopically similar but morphologically different and were identified by ribosomal DNA sequencing. Both isolates
Burd, Eileen M, Burnham, Carey-Ann D, Goodman, Abigail L, Lockhart, Shawn R, Lysen, Colleen B, Westblade, Lars F   +5 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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