Persistent high plasma levels of sCD163 and sCD14 in adult patients with measles virus infection [PDF]
, 2018 Background and aims: Measles is an infectious disease that represents a serious public health problem worldwide, being associated with increased susceptibility to secondary infections, especially in the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts. The aim of
Borgo, Cosmo Del +11 more
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BMC Ophthalmology, 2001 Purpose To report an unusual case of herpetic bullous keratitis misdiagnosed as a case of pseudophakic bullous keratopathy with secondary glaucoma.
Mandal Anil K +4 more
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In Vivo Confocal Microscopy Cellular Features of Host and Organism in Bacterial, Fungal, and Acanthamoeba Keratitis. [PDF]
, 2018 PURPOSE: To determine cellular features of fungal (FK), Acanthamoeba (AK), and bacterial keratitis (BK) using HRT3 in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM). DESIGN: Prospective observational cross-sectional study.
Burton, Matthew J +8 more
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Dendritic epithelial keratitis in primary herpes simplex infection [PDF]
QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 2021 A 76-year-old man with a 3-day history of redness, itchiness and blurred vision in the right eye. Ocular examination of the right eye showed dendritic ulcers, limited to epithelium, on the surface of the cornea. After staining with fluorescein dye, the right eye revealed multiple small branching epithelial dendrites with terminal bulbs on the surface ...
Y -E Tsai, T -H Weng
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Variation in the reported management of canine prolapsed nictitans gland and feline herpetic keratitis [PDF]
, 2018 Treatment variation in medicine may be driven by evidence gaps, clinician factors, and patient preferences. Although well-documented in human medicine, variation in clinical management is relatively unexplored in veterinary practice.
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High-risk corneal allografts : A therapeutic challenge [PDF]
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Forrester, John V +4 more
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Results of case-control studies supportthe association between contact lens useand Acanthamoeba keratitis [PDF]
, 2013 Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is ever more frequently reported in industrialized countries. The loss of the corneal surface integrity consequent to secondary microtrauma produced by the use of contact lens (CL) favors the penetration of the parasite into ...
BRILLANTE, CHIARA +7 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 ...
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Infectious diseases and autoimmunity [PDF]
, 2011 Introduction: Autoimmunity occurs when the immune system recognizes and attacks host tissue. In addition to genetic factors, environmental triggers (in particular viruses, bacteria and other infectious pathogens) are thought to play a major role in the ...
Deidda, Silvia +3 more
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Potential role of nuclear receptor ligand all-trans retinoic acids in the treatment of fungal keratitis [PDF]
International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2015 Fungal keratitis (FK) is a worldwide visual impairment disease. This infectious fungus initiates the primary innate immune response and, later the adaptive immune response.
Hong-Yan Zhou +5 more
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