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Hospital Based Study of Viral Keratitis: A Cross Sectional, Observational Study

JK Science, 2022
Background: Viral keratitis is one of the leading causes of corneal scarring and subsequent visual disability. An improved understanding of burden of viral keratitis and its clinical pattern can have a significant effect on prevention and treatment ...
Priyanka Sodani, Maneesha Sethi, Satinder Kumar, Vabita Bhagat   +3 more
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Etiology and Risk Factors for Infectious Keratitis in South Texas

Journal of Ophthalmic & Vision Research, 2020
Purpose: To determine the causative organisms and associated risk factors for infectious keratitis in South Texas. Methods: This retrospective study was performed at a tertiary teaching hospital system in South Texas. Medical records of all patients
Madeleine Puig, Menachem Weiss, Ricardo Salinas, Daniel A Johnson, Ahmad Kheirkhah   +4 more
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Clinical differentiation of Pythium keratitis from fungal keratitis and development of a scoring system

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2022
Purpose: To differentiate Pythium keratitis from fungal keratitis using clinical signs, to explore usefulness of various signs as diagnostic prognosticators, and develop a clinical scoring system.
Samrat Chatterjee, Deepshikha Agrawal, Sharad Nivrutti Gomase   +2 more
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Multiple Scalp Lesions in a Patient with Keratitis, Ichthyosis and Deafness Syndrome Mimicking Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma on 18F-FDG PET/CT. [PDF]

, 2009
We report the case of a 17-year-old girl with keratitis, ichthyosis, and deafness (KID) syndrome. As a complication of her KID syndrome she developed squamous cell carcinoma at the left index finger. Additional clinical features were multiple soft tissue
Daldrup-Link, Heike, Franc, Benjamin L, Goldsby, Robert, Hawkins, Randall A, Kleis, Margit A   +4 more
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Corneal ulcer due to a rare pleosporalean member of the genus Bipolaris following cow tail injury to the eye: A case report and review of literature

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2017
Aspergillus and Fusarium are the most common fungi causing mycotic keratitis. Injury to the eye with vegetable matter, cow tail injury, long-term use of topical steroids are some of the risk factors for mycotic keratitis.
H Vijaya Pai, Esha Jamal, Prakash Peralam Yegneswaran   +2 more
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Acanthamoeba induces cell-cycle arrest in host cells [PDF]

, 2004
Acanthamoeba can cause fatal granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) and eye keratitis. However, the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of these emerging diseases remain unclear.
Alizadeh, Alsam, Araki-Sasaki, Badenoch, Cao, Chynn, De Jonckheere, Di Gregorio, Dyson, Friedland, Gillett, Gonzalez, Gordon, Harbour, James Sissons, Jones, Khan, Khan, Khan, Khan, Khan, Kwang Sik Kim, Leher, Marciano-Cabral, Martinez, Mathers, Monique Stins, Moore, Morton, Naveed Ahmed Khan, Niederkorn, Pietenpol, Poggioli, Samantha Jayasekera, Selwa Alsam, Shin, Stevaux, van Klink, van Klink, Wright, Yang, Zhan   +41 more
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Keratitis

Bioscience Reports, 2001
Corneal inflammation or keratitis is a significant cause of ocular morbidity around the world. Fortunately, the majority of the cases are successfully managed with medical therapy, but the failure of therapy does occur, leading to devastating consequences of either losing the vision or the eye.
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A single-centre retrospective observational study of fungal keratitis in Poland with a review of findings in Europe

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2020
Introduction Fungal keratitis is a severe condition which may lead to blindness. Fungal keratitis, also known mycotic keratitis or keratomycosis, has worldwide distribution, but is more common in tropical climates compared to moderate zones.
Katarzyna Ewa Nowik, Adam Wylęgała, Kamil Nowik, Edward Wylęgała   +3 more
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Case series: Delayed diagnoses of Acanthamoeba keratitis

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2020
Purpose: To describe two cases of Acanthamoeba keratitis in contact lens wearers misdiagnosed as Herpes simplex keratitis. Observations: Case 1 is a 54-year-old male that was misdiagnosed with Herpes simplex keratitis who developed advanced Acanthamoeba ...
Moon Jeong Lee, Divya Srikumaran, Sidra Zafar, Mahsa Salehi, Tiffany S. Liu, Fasika A. Woreta   +5 more
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Current diagnostic tools and management modalities of Nocardia keratitis

Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection, 2020
Nocardia species are an uncommon but important cause of keratitis. The purpose of this review is to discus previous published papers relation to the epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis and management of Nocardia keratitis.
Mohammad Soleimani, Ahmad Masoumi, Sadegh Khodavaisy, Mostafa Heidari, Ali A. Haydar, Alireza Izadi   +5 more
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