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Clinical, microbiologic, and treatment outcomes of dematiaceous fungal keratitis – A retrospective study

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
Purpose: Dematiaceous fungi, the third most common causative organism of fungal keratitis, constitute 3.5% to 43.5% of fungal keratitis worldwide.
Niruban Ganesan, Shivananda Narayana, Joseph Gubert, Namrata K Bhosale, Balagiri Sundar   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ocular scedosporiosis in an immunocompetent host

CHRISMED Journal of Health and Research, 2020
Scedosporium apiospermum infection in humans is rare. Fungal keratitis is the most common manifestation of S. apiospermum infection in immunocompetent individuals. S. apiospermum is a filamentous fungus found in soil and polluted water.
Ashish Bajaj, Bibhabati Mishra, Archana Thakur, Poonam Sood Loomba, Abha Sharma   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Late-onset Candida keratitis after Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty : clinical and confocal microscopic report [PDF]

, 2011
Purpose. To report clinical and confocal microscopy features of late-onset Candida albicans keratitis after Descemet stripping automated keratoplasty (DSAEK). Methods.
Arance-Gil, Ángeles, González-Méijome, José Manuel, Gutiérrez, Ángel Ramón, Higueras-Esteban, Alejandro, Ortiz-Gomariz, Amanda, Villa-Collar, César   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Toxic non-inflammatory fungal keratitis

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2022
Purpose: To report a new entity called “toxic non-inflammatory fungal keratitis.” Methods: Eyes manifesting infective keratitis with a history of prior administration of topical steroids were included in the study.
Praveen Subudhi, Sweta Patro, Sabyasachi Pattanayak, Prateek Agarwal, Silla Sitaram, B N R Subudhi   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Mycotic Keratitis in the Middle East: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Medical Laboratory Journal, 2022
Background and objectives: Mycotic keratitis is a fungal infection of the cornea that can cause blindness. Its incidence, risk factors, and the etiological agents vary worldwide and nationwide.
mahmoud Karimizadeh Esfahani, mohsen najjari, Saeed Hosseini Teshnizi, Somayeh Dolatabadi, mohammad javad najafzadeh   +4 more
doaj  

Spectrum of mycotic keratitis in north India: Sixteen years study from a tertiary care ophthalmic centre

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2019
Introduction: To analyse the fungal culture results of patients with fungal keratitis over sixteen years and look for variations in the trends over years and distribution across ages, gender and seasons.
Gita Satpathy, Nishat H. Ahmed, Niranjan Nayak, Radhika Tandon, Namrata Sharma, Tushar Agarwal, Murugesan Vanathi, Jeewan S. Titiyal   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Atypical Etiology of Fungal Keratitis Caused by Roussoella neopustulans

Journal of Fungi, 2022
Fungal keratitis is caused by a wide spectrum of fungal genera, including molds and yeasts. We report a 42-year-old patient with mycotic keratitis after a direct trauma by a wood fragment.
Morgana F. Voidaleski, Flavio Queiroz-Telles, Hugo T. Itikawa, Guilherme G. Müller, Bruna J. F. S. Lima, Lucas E. Trevisoli, Regielly C. R. Cognialli, Roberta C. L. Crispim, Vania A. Vicente   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Advanced nanotherapeutics for combating ocular infections: Rational design, antimicrobial mechanisms, and therapeutic breakthroughs

BMEMat, EarlyView.
Nanomaterials revolutionize ocular infection treatment by enabling targeted drug delivery and enhanced antimicrobial efficacy against resistant pathogens. This review systematically explores their rational design, multimodal mechanisms, and translational potential for next‐generation anti‐infective therapies.
Yujia Liu, Xuetian Wen, Yue Tan, Rui Zeng, Yijuan Zhang, Tong Lin, Lan Gong, Zichao Luo   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

In vivo confocal microscopy in the diagnosis of fungal keratitis: case report [PDF]

, 2006
The authors describe a case of fungal keratitis that the in vivo confocal microscopy helped in the diagnosis and follow-up. Confocal microscopy was done in a patient's ulcer that did not improve with several topical medicines.
Alves, Milton Ruiz, Nosé, Walton, Victor, Gustavo   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

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, Alyaa M. Hadi, Saif S. Al-Kamil   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source