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Prospective Study of the Diagnostic Accuracy of the In Vivo Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope for Severe Microbial Keratitis. [PDF]

, 2016
To determine the diagnostic accuracy of in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) for moderate to severe microbial keratitis (MK). Double-masked prospective cohort study.
Burton, MJ, Carnt, N, Chidambaram, JD, Elakkiya, S, Hau, S, Lalitha, P, Lanjewar, S, Larke, NL, Mason, M, Palepu, S, Prajna, NV, Shah, M, Vesaluoma, MH   +12 more
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Ring infiltrates in Pythium keratitis

Oman Journal of Ophthalmology
This study highlights the clinical presentation of ring infiltrates (RI) in Pythium keratitis, typically associated with fungal or Acanthamoeba keratitis, emphasizing diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.
Amanjot Kaur, Amrita Mohanty, Sujata Das, Smruti Rekha Priyadarshini, Srikant Kumar Sahu   +4 more
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Serious fungal infections in the Philippines [PDF]

, 2017
The Philippines is a low middle-income, tropical country in Southeast Asia. Infectious diseases remain the main causes of morbidity, including tuberculosis. AIDS/HIV prevalence is still low at <1%, but is rapidly increasing.
D. Denning, M. C. R. Batac
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Review of epidemiological features, microbiological diagnosis and treatment outcome of microbial keratitis: Experience of over a decade

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2009
Purpose : To review the epidemiological characteristics, microbiological profile, and treatment outcome of patients with suspected microbial keratitis.
Gopinathan Usha, Sharma Savitri, Garg Prashant, Rao Gullapalli   +3 more
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Fungal contaminants in drinking water regulation? A tale of ecology, exposure, purification and clinical relevance [PDF]

, 2017
Microbiological drinking water safety is traditionally monitored mainly by bacterial parameters that indicate faecal contamination. These parameters correlate with gastro-intestinal illness, despite the fact that viral agents, resulting from faecal ...
Babič, Monika, Brandão, João, Gunde-Cimerman, Nina, Magyar, Donát, Meyer, Wieland, Sabino, Raquel, Tischner, Zsófia, Vargha, Márta, Veríssimo, Cristina, Viegas, Carla   +9 more
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Fungal keratitis in Lattice dystrophy

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2010
We report a case of fungal keratitis occurring in a patient with lattice dystrophy. A 57-year-old farmer presented with a corneal ulcer following probable entry of paddy husk in the right eye, of one month duration. Corneal scraping revealed pigmented fungal filaments while culture grew Alternaria alternata. Treatment with 5% natamycin eye drops and 1%
Chatterjee Samrat, Agrawal Deepshikha
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Nattrassia mangiferae causing fungal keratitis

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2010
We report a case of fungal keratitis caused by the coelomycetous fungus Nattrassia mangiferae in a 70 year old gentleman, agriculturist by occupation, with a history of injury to his right eye. The scraping showed narrow septate fungal hyphae on a KOH mount, isolation of a fast growing black mould, which demonstrated hyphae and arthroconidia of varying
Kindo, A.J., Anita, S., Kalpana, S.
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Village-Integrated Eye Worker trial (VIEW): rationale and design of a cluster-randomised trial to prevent corneal ulcers in resource-limited settings. [PDF]

, 2018
IntroductionCorneal opacity is a leading cause of blindness worldwide. In resource-limited settings, untreated traumatic corneal abrasions may result in infection and ultimately, opacity.
Byanju, Raghunandan, Gautam, Mariya, Gonzales, John A, Kandel, Ram Prasad, Keenan, Jeremy D, Lietman, Thomas M, O'Brien, Kieran S, Porco, Travis C, Poudyal, Bimal, Srinivasan, Muthiah, Upadhyay, Madan, Village-Integrated Eye Worker Trial Group, Whitcher, John P   +12 more
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Fungal Keratitis in Northwestern Spain: Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Outcomes

Journal of Fungi
Purpose: To review the clinical features, risk factors, microbiological profile, and treatment regimens of fungal keratitis in Galicia, a region in Northwestern Spain with temperate humid weather.
David Lamas-Francis, Daniel Navarro, Raquel Mansilla, Victoria de-Rojas, Claudio Moreno, Enrique Dios, Jesús Rigueiro, Dolores Álvarez, Paloma Crego, Teresa Rodríguez-Ares, Rosario Touriño   +10 more
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Dendrite-like anterior stromal keratitis coinfected with Acanthamoeba and Pseudomonas in an orthokeratology contact lens wearer

Taiwan Journal of Ophthalmology, 2019
Acanthamoeba species can cause a keratitis misdiagnosed as herpes keratitis or fungal keratitis. We report an unusual dendrite-like anterior stromal keratitis coinfected with Acanthamoeba and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in an orthokeratology contact lens ...
Chih-Chien Hsu
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