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Counselling for people with sight loss in the UK: The need for provision and the need for evidence [PDF]

, 2010
For adults of any age the diagnosis of a visual impairment can be traumatic, and timely referral to informal peer support and/or professional counselling may be both beneficial and appropriate.
Gosney, M.A., Nyman, S.R., Victor, C.R.
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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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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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Efficacy of Topical Boric Acid in the Treatment of Experimental Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Keratitis in Rats

Van Tıp Dergisi, 2023
INTRODUCTION: It was aimed to investigate the effect of topical boric acid on healing in the treatment of keratitis. METHODS: Keratitis was created by randomly 32 of 56 healthy rats with inoculating pseudomonas aeruginosa (1x108 colony-forming units/ml 0.
Osman Ondas, Bahadir Utlu, Kemal Bayrakceken, Serkan Yildirim   +3 more
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Effect of recombinant human nerve growth factor eye drops in patients with dry eye: a phase IIa, open label, multiple-dose study [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Dry eye disease (DED) affects more than 14% of the elderly population causing decrease of quality of life, high costs and vision impairment.
Allegretti, M., Ferrari, M., Garhoefer, G., Lambiase, A., Mantelli, F., Sacchetti, M., Schmetterer, L., Schmidl, D.   +7 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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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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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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Phialophora chinensis fungal keratitis: An initial case report and species identification

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2023
Purpose: To report the initial case of microbial keratitis caused by Phialophora chinensis, a rare cause of fungal keratitis. Observations: A 66-year-old gentleman with a complex right eye (OD) ocular history including herpes simplex virus infectious ...
Briana Ply, Connie F. Cañete-Gibas, Carmita Sanders, Nathan P. Wiederhold, Rachel A. Dandar, John D. Sheppard, Albert Y. Cheung   +6 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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