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Fungal keratitis among inpatients with corneal ulcers in Thai Binh, Vietnam: A retrospective observational study

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences
Background: Infectious keratitis can be caused by bacteria, fungi, and viruses. Fungi are a common pathogen, especially in developing countries like India, Nepal, and Bangladesh where the prevalence ranges from 20% to 60%.
Nguyen Thi Anh Van , Pham Ngoc Bich , Bui Thi Ngoc Ha , Nguyen Thu Huong   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Effective performance of the 2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology classification criteria for Antineutrophil‐Cytoplasmic‐Antibody‐Associated Vasculitis in Pediatric Patients: an ARChiVe Study

Arthritis &Rheumatology, Accepted Article.
Objective To assess the 2022‐ACR/EULAR classification criteria for ANCA‐associated vasculitis (AAV) in children with chronic small‐to‐medium vessel vasculitis. Methods A cohort of 574 patients, identified by physician's‐(MD)‐diagnosis in A‐Registry‐of‐Childhood‐Vasculitis, were classified by computation of registry data, as having granulomatosis with ...
David A. Cabral, Else S. Bosman, Nick McPhate, Simranpreet K. Mann, Kirandeep K. Toor, Kimberly A. Morishita, Raashid Luqmani, Michael W. Beresford, James Bistolarides, Sarah Campillo, Sirirat Charuvanij, Kathryn Cook, Paul Dancey, Marietta de Guzman, Samundeeswari Deepak, Barbara Eberhard, Melissa Elder, Samuel Gagne, Katie Harrison, Adam Huber, Archana Khan, Susan Kim, Marisa S Klein‐Gitelman, Tzielan C. Lee, Suzanne C Li, Neil Martin, Flora McErlane, L. Nandini Moorthy, Alvaro H Orjuela, Jonathan Park, Phil Riley, Alan M. Rosenberg, Susan Shenoi, Vidya Sivaraman, Sodality Sutnga, Tamara Tanner, Stacey E Tarvin, Marinka Twilt, Linda Wagner‐Weiner, Rae S.M. Yeung, Kelly L. Brown, for the ARChiVe Investigators Network within the PedVas Initiative   +41 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ocular Surface Microbiota in Contact Lens Users and Contact-Lens-Associated Bacterial Keratitis

Vision, 2021
Our objectives were to investigate whether the conjunctival microbiota is altered by contact lens wear and/or bacterial keratitis and to explore the hypothesis that commensals of conjunctival microbiota contribute to bacterial keratitis.
Jasmine Andersson, Josef K. Vogt, Marlene D. Dalgaard, Oluf Pedersen, Kim Holmgaard, Steffen Heegaard   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neutrophil L-plastin controls ocular paucibacteriality and susceptibility to keratitis [PDF]

, 2020
Why ocular mucosa is paucibacterial is unknown. Many different mechanisms have been suggested but the comprehensive experimental studies are sparse.
Chauhan, Sunil K, Fichorova, Raina, Gadjeva, Mihaela, Kugadas, Abirami, Lamb, Jeffrey, Lin, Tiffany, Littleton, Sejiro, Lu, Xiaoxiao, Mittal, Sharad K, Morley, Sharon Celeste, Ru, Yusha, Saban, Daniel, Smith-Page, Kirsten   +12 more
core   +1 more source

Design against nature [PDF]

, 2003
The process of disinfecting pits technology against nature. This issue is considered through examination of the design and development of a microwave disinfecting system for contact lenses.
Crabbe, A
core   +1 more source

Targeting neutrophil extracellular traps in metabolic and immune niche: Nanomaterials for diabetes tissue regeneration

BMEMat, EarlyView.
The effects of NETs on regeneration of various diabetic tissues, and strategies targeting NETs for diabetes tissue regeneration. In the diabetic environment, NETs undergo complex metabolic and immune reprogramming, leading to dynamic changes in antibacterial and proinflammatory functions, and affecting regeneration of multiple systemic tissues.
Xinyi Jiang, Muxin Yue, Kai Mao, Boon Chin Heng, Noor Azlin Yahya, Yunsong Liu, Zheng Li   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Serratia marcescens PigP Homolog Controls Prodigiosin Biosynthesis, Swarming Motility and Hemolysis and Is Regulated by cAMP-CRP and HexS [PDF]

, 2013
Swarming motility and hemolysis are virulence-associated determinants for a wide array of pathogenic bacteria. The broad host-range opportunistic pathogen Serratia marcescens produces serratamolide, a small cyclic amino-lipid, that promotes swarming ...
Arena, KE, Brothers, KM, Kalivoda, EJ, Kwak, DH, Lahr, RM, Liu, X, Shanks, RMQ, Stella, NA   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Advanced nanotherapeutics for combating ocular infections: Rational design, antimicrobial mechanisms, and therapeutic breakthroughs

BMEMat, EarlyView.
Nanomaterials revolutionize ocular infection treatment by enabling targeted drug delivery and enhanced antimicrobial efficacy against resistant pathogens. This review systematically explores their rational design, multimodal mechanisms, and translational potential for next‐generation anti‐infective therapies.
Yujia Liu, Xuetian Wen, Yue Tan, Rui Zeng, Yijuan Zhang, Tong Lin, Lan Gong, Zichao Luo   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

New Treatments for Bacterial Keratitis

Journal of Ophthalmology, 2012
Purpose. To review the newer treatments for bacterial keratitis. Data Sources. PubMed literature search up to April 2012. Study Selection. Key words used for literature search: “infectious keratitis”, “microbial keratitis”, “infective keratitis”, “new ...
Raymond L. M. Wong, R. A. Gangwani, Lester W. H. Yu, Jimmy S. M. Lai   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source