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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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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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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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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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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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Amphotericin B Polymer Nanoparticles Show Efficacy against Candida Species Biofilms

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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