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Altered Patterns of Fungal Keratitis at a London Ophthalmic Referral Hospital: An Eight-Year Retrospective Observational Study [PDF]
, 2016 PURPOSE: In previous studies of fungal keratitis (FK) from temperate countries, yeasts were the predominant isolates, with ocular surface disease (OSD) being the leading risk factor.
Burton, MJ +5 more
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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 +12 more
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Phialophora chinensis fungal keratitis: An initial case report and species identification
American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2023 Purpose: To report the initial case of microbial keratitis caused by Phialophora chinensis, a rare cause of fungal keratitis. Observations: A 66-year-old gentleman with a complex right eye (OD) ocular history including herpes simplex virus infectious ...
Briana Ply +6 more
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Fungal keratitis: The Aravind experience
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2017 Research becomes very significant and meaningful when it addresses a significant public health problem of a region. Fungal keratitis is a serious problem affecting the agrarian poor and hence requires attention from public health specialists. The approach to a public health issue should focus not only on treatment but also prevention or at least show a
Srinivasan Muthiah +2 more
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Clinical Ophthalmology, 2021 Objective To compare the safety and efficacy of intrastromal voriconazole (IS-VCZ), amphotericin B (IS-AMB) and natamycin (IS-NTM) as an adjunct to topical natamycin (NTM) in cases of recalcitrant fungal keratitis.
Gunjan Saluja +10 more
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Epidemiological profile of fungal keratitis in urban population of West Bengal, India
Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 2009 Background : Corneal diseases are one of the major causes of visual loss and blindness, second only to cataract. Amongst corneal diseases, microbial keratitis is a major blinding disease.
Suman Saha +3 more
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Epidemiology, risk factors, and clinical outcomes in severe microbial keratitis in South India. [PDF]
, 2018 PURPOSE: Here, we report risk factors associated with outcome in severe bacterial keratitis (BK), fungal keratitis (FK), and Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) in India.
Burton, Matthew J +7 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%
Deepshikha Agrawal, Samrat Chatterjee
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Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment Approaches in Fungal Keratitis: A Narrative Review
MicroorganismsFungal keratitis represents a potentially sight-threatening infection associated with poor prognosis, as well as financial burden. Novel diagnostic methods include polymerase-chain-reaction (PCR)-based approaches, metagenomic deep sequences, in vivo ...
L. Ghenciu +4 more
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Eye and Vision, 2022 Background Infectious keratitis is a major cause of global blindness. We tested whether standalone photoactivated chromophore corneal cross-linking (PACK-CXL) may be an effective first-line treatment in early to moderate infectious keratitis, compared ...
F. Hafezi +28 more
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