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Outcomes of amoebic, fungal, and bacterial keratitis: A retrospective cohort study.

PLoS ONE, 2022
BackgroundAcanthamoeba keratitis is challenging to treat and thought to result in poor outcomes, but very few comparative studies exist to assess whether ulcers caused by Acanthamoeba are worse than those caused by bacteria or fungus.MethodsIn a ...
Caitlin A Moe, Prajna Lalitha, N Venkatesh Prajna, Jeena Mascarenhas, Muthiah Srinivasan, Manoranhan Das, Arun Panigrahi, Revathi Rajaraman, Gerami D Seitzman, Catherine E Oldenburg, Thomas M Lietman, Jeremy D Keenan   +11 more
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Corneal Collagen Cross-linking for Treatment of Bacterial and Herpetic Keratitis [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
Introduction: Optimal management of infective keratitis is a formidable challenge and subject of ongoing studies. Recently, Collagen Cross-Linking (CXL) of the cornea has been considered to be a new effective therapeutic approach for resistant ...
Mohammad Reza Khalili, Hamid Reza Jahadi, Mashaallah Karimi, Masoud Yasemi   +3 more
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Visual outcome of cataract surgery with pupillary sphincterotomy in eyes with coexisting corneal opacity [PDF]

, 2004
BACKGROUND: To evaluate the visual outcome following cataract surgery with pupillary sphincterotomy in eyes with coexisting corneal opacity. METHODS: Patients with leucomatous corneal opacity with significant cataract were enrolled for the study.
Namrata Sharma, Rajesh RajeshSinha, Rasik B Vajpayee, Sinha, Rajesh   +3 more
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Cytotoxic clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa identified during the Steroids for Corneal Ulcers Trial show elevated resistance to fluoroquinolones. [PDF]

, 2014
BackgroundTo determine the relationship between type three secretion genotype and fluoroquinolone resistance for P. aeruginosa strains isolated from microbial keratitis during the Steroids for Corneal Ulcers Trial (SCUT) and for two laboratory strains ...
Acharya, Nisha R, Borkar, Durga S, Cevallos, Vicky, Evans, David J, Fleiszig, Suzanne MJ, Lalitha, Prajna, Leong, Chelsia, Lietman, Thomas M, Oldenburg, Catherine E, Srinivasan, Muthiah   +9 more
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Recalcitrant Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Keratitis with Hyphaema

Case Reports in Ophthalmology, 2021
Purpose: To report a case of recalcitrant pseudomonas keratitis with a rare presentation of hyphaema. Observation: A 45-year-old female was noted to have contact lens-related pseudomonas keratitis with hyphaema.
Amy Chan, Hnin Hnin Oo, Philip Stanley, Benjamin Chang   +3 more
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Neurotrophic keratitis in a patient with disseminated lymphangiomatosis. [PDF]

, 2009
INTRODUCTION: Neurotrophic keratitis, a degenerative corneal disease caused by trigeminal nerve impairment, has many etiologies and remains very difficult to treat.
Charukamnoetkanok, Puwat, Knickelbein, Jared E, Stefko, Susan T   +2 more
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Phase 2 randomized, double-masked, vehicle-controlled trial of recombinant human nerve growth factor for neurotrophic keratitis [PDF]

, 2018
Purpose: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of topical recombinant human nerve growth factor (rhNGF) for treating moderate-to-severe neurotrophic keratitis (NK), a rare degenerative corneal disease resulting from impaired corneal innervation.
Alio, Jorge, Allegretti, Marcello, Aragona, Pasquale, Benitez del Castillo, José, Bonini, Stefano, Bonini, Stefano, Borderie, Vincent, Carley, Fiona, Chao, Wendy, Creuzot-Garcher, Catherine, Cursiefen, Claus, Dart, John, De La Paz, Maria, Etxebarria, Jaime, Figueiredo, Francisco, Fogagnolo, Paolo, Gabison, Eric, Geerling, Gerd, Hossain, Parwez, Kanna, Ramaesh, Koppen, Carina, Kruse, Friedrich, Lambiase, Alessandro, Lambiase, Alessandro, Leonardi, Andrea, Lorenz, Katrin, Malecaze, François, Mantelli, Flavio, Mastropasqua, Leonardo, Mencucci, Rita, Merayo-Lloves, Jesús, Messmer, Elisabeth, Montero, Jesus, Murta, Joaquim Neto, Nemeth, Janos, Rama, Paolo, Rama, Paolo, Rauz, Saaeha, Reinhard, Thomas, Robert, Pierre-Yves, Rolando, Maurizio, Sainz de la Maza, Maite, Sinigaglia, Francesco, Szaflik, Jacek P., Torrao, Luis, Wylegala, Edward   +45 more
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Dendrite-like anterior stromal keratitis coinfected with Acanthamoeba and Pseudomonas in an orthokeratology contact lens wearer

Taiwan Journal of Ophthalmology, 2019
Acanthamoeba species can cause a keratitis misdiagnosed as herpes keratitis or fungal keratitis. We report an unusual dendrite-like anterior stromal keratitis coinfected with Acanthamoeba and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in an orthokeratology contact lens ...
Chih-Chien Hsu
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Clinico-microbiological profile of Burkholderia cepacia keratitis: a case series

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2021
Background Burkholderia cepacia, an opportunistic pathogen mainly affecting patients with cystic fibrosis or immunocompromised, has rarely been documented as a cause of corneal infection. The clinical and microbiological profiles of B.
Ming-Chih Ho, Eugene Yu-Chuan Kang, Lung-Kun Yeh, David H. K. Ma, Hsin-Chiung Lin, Hsin-Yuan Tan, Hung-Chi Chen, Ching-Hsi Hsiao   +7 more
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Keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome, atypical connexin GJB2 genemutation, and peripheral T-cell lymphoma: more than a random association? [PDF]

, 2011
Keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness (KID) syndrome is a rare congenital disorder characterized by a variety of skin lesions— that is, palmoplantar keratoderma, thickening of the skin, and erythematous verrucous lesions—neurosensorial hypoacusia, and keratitis
Contini, Salvatore, Cottoni, Francesca Maria Giovanna, Cucca, Francesco, Fozza, Claudio, Galleu, Antonio, Longinotti, Maurizio Roberto, Poddie, Fausto Pier'Angelo   +6 more
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