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Delhi Infectious Keratitis Study

Journal of Current Ophthalmology, 2020
Purpose: To study the clinico-microbiological profile and outcomes of infectious keratitis (IK) at a tertiary eye care center in North India. Methods: This is a retrospective, hospital-based, cross-sectional study.
Acharya, Manisha, Farooqui, Javed Hussain, Gaba, Tanuj, Gandhi, Arpan, Mathur, Umang   +4 more
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Investigating Infectious Keratitis [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2004
In a recently published study, Kaye et al. (2) compared two approaches to evaluating bacterial keratitis: the conventional method, in which samples are obtained by taking several corneal scrapes and placing them on different media and slides (direct method, as described by Kaye et al.), and a proposed method (indirect), in which only one scrape is ...
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What Immunological Defects Predispose to Non-tuberculosis Mycobacterial Infections? [PDF]

, 2017
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are categorized as one of the large and diverse groups of environmental organisms which are abundant in water and soil.  NTM cause a variety of diseases in humans that mainly affect the lung.
Adcock, IM, Garssen, J, Kazempour Dizagie, M, Mirsaeidi, M, Moloudizargari, M, Mortaz, E, Movassaghi, M, Varahram, M   +7 more
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Long-term outcomes of riboflavin photodynamic antimicrobial therapy as a treatment for infectious keratitis

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2019
Purpose: To report the long-term outcomes of three patients with infectious keratitis treated with riboflavin photodynamic antimicrobial therapy (PDAT). Observations: Case series reporting three patients with infectious keratitis unresponsive to standard
Jaime D. Martinez, Alejandro Arboleda, Andrea Naranjo, Mariela C. Aguilar, Heather Durkee, Pedro Monsalve, Sander R. Dubovy, Kendall E. Donaldson, Darlene Miller, Guillermo Amescua, Jean-Marie Parel   +10 more
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The pathogenesis of Acanthamoeba infections: current status and future implications [PDF]

, 2004
Acanthamoeba are opportunistic protozoan parasites that can cause painful, visionthreatening keratitis. However the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of Acanthamoeba keratitis remain incompletely understood. Most cases of Acanthamoeba keratitis develop
Khan, Naveed Ahmed
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A proof-of-concept clinical trial using mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of corneal epithelial stem cell deficiency [PDF]

, 2019
Producción CientíficaOcular stem cell transplantation derived from either autologous or allogeneic donor corneoscleral junction is a functional cell therapy to manage extensive and/or severe limbal stem cell deficiencies that lead to corneal epithelial ...
Alberca Zaballos, Mercedes, Calonge Cano, Margarita, Fernández Martínez, Itziar, Galindo de la Rosa, Sara, García-Sancho Martín, Francisco Javier, Herreras Cantalapiedra, José María, López Paniagua, Marina, Nieto Miguel, Teresa, Pérez Soto, María Inmaculada, Sánchez García, Ana María de los Ángeles   +9 more
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Analysis of the performance of the CorneAI for iOS in the classification of corneal diseases and cataracts based on journal photographs

Scientific Reports
CorneAI for iOS is an artificial intelligence (AI) application to classify the condition of the cornea and cataract into nine categories: normal, infectious keratitis, non-infection keratitis, scar, tumor, deposit, acute primary angle closure, lens ...
Yosuke Taki, Yuta Ueno, Masahiro Oda, Yoshiyuki Kitaguchi, Osama M. A. Ibrahim, Naohiko Aketa, Takefumi Yamaguchi   +6 more
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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, Dart, JKG, Fung, SSM, Macleod, D, Ong, HS, Tuft, SJ   +5 more
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Characterization of infectious bacterial keratitis in Östergötland County, Sweden: a 10-year retrospective study

Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection
Background The aim of this study was to characterize bacterial species, aetiology and antibiotic susceptibility connected to bacterial keratitis infections in Östergötland, Sweden.
Jenny Roth, Baris Toprak, Sofia Somajo, Antonio Filipe Macedo, Neil Lagali   +4 more
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Flagellin‐induced expression of CXCL10 mediates direct fungal killing and recruitment of NK cells to the cornea in response to Candida albicans infection [PDF]

, 2014
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/108697/1/eji3053-sup-0001-SupMat.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/108697/2/eji3053 ...
Bedoui, Cao, Carr, Chern, Cole, Cole, Colonna, Crawford, Crawford, Crawford, FlorCruz, Galarreta, Gao, Gao, Gao, Gorscak, Groom, Hall, Jackson, Jackson, Kolar, Kumar, Kumar, Kumar, Leal, Li, Liu, Mohan, Muller, Oppenheim, Patel, Qin, Rheinwald, Ritterband, Sun, Tarabishy, Taylor, Taylor, Thomas, Thomas, Thoren, Voigt, Wu, Wuest, Yang, Yoneyama, Yoon, Yoon, Yuan, Yuan, Yuan, Zhang, Zhou   +52 more
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