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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 +3 more
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Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy, 2021 Introduction: Acanthamoeba encompasses several species of free-living ameba encountered commonly throughout the environment. Unfortunately, these species of ameba can cause opportunistic infections that result in Acanthamoeba keratitis, granulomatous ...
B. Shing +3 more
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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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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 +3 more
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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 +2 more
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Fusarium Keratitis—Review of Current Treatment Possibilities
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021 In many parts of the world, fungi are the predominant cause of infectious keratitis; among which, Fusarium is the most commonly isolated pathogen. The clinical management of this ophthalmic emergency is challenging.
M. Szaliński +5 more
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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 +3 more
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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 +2 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 +4 more
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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 +7 more
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