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Fungal Keratitis: Diagnosis, Management, and Recent Advances [PDF]
Clinical OphthalmologyRamy Awad,1 Alaa Atef Ghaith,2 Khaled Awad,1 Marina Mamdouh Saad,1 Ahmed Ak Elmassry2 1Department of Ophthalmology, Alexandria General Ophthalmology Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt; 2Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University ...
Awad R +4 more
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NPG Asia Materials, 2023 Fungal keratitis is challenging to diagnose and treat and remains a significant cause of blindness worldwide. The easiest and most common method of drug delivery for patients with fungal keratitis is eye drop administration.
Panhong Niu +5 more
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Immunologic mechanism of fungal keratitis
International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021 Fungal keratitis (FK) is a refractory disease that poses a serious threat to vision, with common risk factors like eye trauma, contact lens wearing, topical corticosteroids and antibiotic abuse. Nowadays, topical and systemic anti-fungal drugs and ocular surgeries are still the main therapeutic modalities.
Ruibo Yang +8 more
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Recent Perspectives in the Management of Fungal Keratitis [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2021 Mycotic keratitis is common in warm, humid regions with a varying profile of pathogenic fungi according to geographical origin, socioeconomic status, and climatic condition. Clinical diagnosis can be challenging in difficult cases and those refractory to treatment.
Nimmy Raj +5 more
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Etiology and Risk Factors for Infectious Keratitis in South Texas [PDF]
Journal of Ophthalmic & Vision Research, 2020 Purpose: To determine the causative organisms and associated risk factors for infectious keratitis in South Texas. Methods: This retrospective study was performed at a tertiary teaching hospital system in South Texas. Medical records of all patients
Madeleine Puig +4 more
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Fungal Keratitis in Northwestern Spain: Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Outcomes [PDF]
Journal of FungiPurpose: 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 +10 more
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Clinical utility of voriconazole eye drops in ophthalmic fungal keratitis
Clinical Ophthalmology, 2010 Daoud Al-Badriyeh, Chin Fen Neoh, Kay Stewart, David CM KongCentre for Medicine Use and Safety, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, AustraliaAbstract: Fungal keratitis is one of the major causes of ophthalmic ...
Daoud Al-Badriyeh +3 more
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Determination and Prevalence of Bacterial and Fungal Keratitis among Patients in Baghdad City
Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2018 The study included 234 patients attended to Iben AL-Haithem hospital of ophthalmology in Baghdad city having microbial keratitis , at age of (18-81) years for the period from September 2017- April 2018 .
Zena K. Khalil +2 more
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The Acanthamoeba–Fungal Keratitis Study [PDF]
American Journal of Ophthalmology, 2019 To ascertain the incidence of Acanthamoeba keratitis and the coexistence of Acanthamoeba and fungi in microbial keratitis.Prospective cross-sectional study.Patients presenting with stromal keratitis were additionally tested for Acanthamoeba irrespective of the clinical diagnosis. Culture positivity was the gold standard.Of the 401 cases included in the
Anita Raghavan +3 more
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Fungal Keratitis, Epidemiology and Outcomes in a Tropical Australian Setting [PDF]
Tropical Medicine and Infectious DiseaseBackground: Fungal keratitis is an ophthalmic emergency that can cause visual impairment and blindness. We reviewed the epidemiology and clinical features of fungal keratitis in a tropical Australian setting.
Leah N. Kim +4 more
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