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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
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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

FUNGAL KERATITIS

The Professional Medical Journal, 2006
Previously no topical antifungal was available and only dermatological preparationlike bifonazole (mycospore) and some systemic antifungal were used for treatment of fungal ulcers. Nowmiconazole is available as topical ophthalmic ointment for the management of fungal ulcer.
ANWAR-UL- HAQ, ZAFARULLAH QAZI, SAFDAR HASHMI   +2 more
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Diagnosing Fungal Keratitis and Simultaneously Identifying Fusarium and Aspergillus Keratitis with a Dot Hybridization Array

, 2022
Fungal keratitis (FK) is one of the most common microbial keratitis, which often leads to poor prognosis as a result of delayed diagnosis. Several studies implied that early differentiation of the two major FK, Fusarium and Aspergillus keratitis, could ...
Po-Chiung Fang, Shiuh-Liang Hsu, Jiunn-Liang Chen, Chia-Yi Tseng, Alexander Chen, Huey-Ling You, Ming-Tse Kuo, Hun-Ju Yu, Shu-Fang Kuo, Yu-Hsuan Lai   +9 more
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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
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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
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ROS‐Responsive Eye Drop for Controlled Release of 20‐Deoxyingenol Improves Diabetic Corneal Healing by Activating Macrophage Autophagy and Metabolic Reprogramming

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Schematic illustration of ROS‐responsive TSPBA‐PVA microspheres loaded with 20‐deoxyingenol (TP/20‐DOI) for diabetic corneal wound healing: (a) fabrication and ROS‐triggered release; (b) autophagy activation and metabolic reprogramming in macrophages; (c) suppression of macrophage‐derived CXCL3/CXCL5, attenuation of neutrophil infiltration, and ...
Jiaxin Wu, Wanying Chen, Haijiang Qiu, Weihan Zheng, Ying Jiao, Jingheng Du, Zhudan Zhuang, Xing Hua, Jingyi Gu, Yuheng Liu, Zhaojin Li, Jingbin Xie, Hanxiao Sun, Huifei Lan, Xin Sun, Yunxia Xue, Ting Fu, Zhijie Li, Guobing Chen, Shiyu Li, Jun Liu   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Innovative PLA or PCL‐Based Ocular Implants Obtained From Tape Casting or Electrospinning for Sustained‐Release Dexamethasone

Journal of Applied Polymer Science, EarlyView.
PLA and PCL ocular implants prepared by tape casting and electrospinning provide sustained dexamethasone release with distinct release profiles governed by polymer type and processing method. The relationship between polymer structure, degradation behavior, and drug release demonstrates the potential of these fabrication techniques for controlled ...
Renata Bochanoski, Henrique Borba Modolon, Ronaldo Silveira, Januara Rodrigues, Tiago Bender Wermuth, Sabrina Arcaro, Oscar R. K. Montedo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Targeting neutrophil extracellular traps in metabolic and immune niche: Nanomaterials for diabetes tissue regeneration

BMEMat, EarlyView.
The effects of NETs on regeneration of various diabetic tissues, and strategies targeting NETs for diabetes tissue regeneration. In the diabetic environment, NETs undergo complex metabolic and immune reprogramming, leading to dynamic changes in antibacterial and proinflammatory functions, and affecting regeneration of multiple systemic tissues.
Xinyi Jiang, Muxin Yue, Kai Mao, Boon Chin Heng, Noor Azlin Yahya, Yunsong Liu, Zheng Li   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fungal Keratitis in Tree Shrews

, 2020
<p>A tree shrew model of fungal keratitis was established by injecting Fusarium solani into the corneal stroma, to investigate the role of miR-204-3p and KRT16 in fungal keratitis.</p ...
Jia Jie
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