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HSV-1 antigens and DNA in the corneal explant buttons of patients with non-herpetic or clinically atypical herpetic stromal keratitis [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Little is known about the role of HSV-1 in keratitis not primarily attributed to herpetic origin. This study therefore aimed to prospectively evaluate the corneal explant buttons of patients with non-herpetic or clinically atypical herpetic ...
Böhnke, Matthias +4 more
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Ex vivo rabbit and human corneas as models for bacterial and fungal keratitis. [PDF]
, 2016 PURPOSE: In the study of microbial keratitis, in vivo animal models often require a large number of animals, and in vitro monolayer cell culture does not maintain the three-dimensional structure of the tissues or cell-to-cell communication of in vivo ...
Douglas, I. +6 more
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Current Medical Mycology, 2015 Background and Purpose: Fungal keratitis is a suppurative, ulcerative, and sight-threatening infection of the cornea that sometimes leads to blindness.
Iman Haghani +3 more
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Role of Pattern Recognition Receptors in the Modulation of Antimicrobial Peptide Expression in the Corneal Epithelial Innate Response to F. solani [PDF]
, 2017 Purpose: Fusarium solani (F. solani) keratitis is a potentially sight-threatening fungal infection of the cornea. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), such as human β-defensins (hBDs) and cathelicidins, essential components of the immune system, likely have a ...
Baidouri, Hasna +2 more
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National Journal of Medical Research, 2014 Introduction: Mycotic keratitis is an important ophthalmologic problem especially in developing countries. Fungal infection is a fatal condition which needs early diagnosis and treatment to save the patient’s eye Objective: The purpose of this study ...
Payal Raval, Purva Patel, Sima Bhatt
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Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine, 2018 Purpose. To evaluate the effectiveness of corneal cross-linking window absorption (CXL-WA) as an adjuvant therapy for Aspergillus keratitis. Methods. A 90-year-old male came to our clinic complaining of hyperemic conjunctivitis and progressive visual ...
Pietro Rosetta +3 more
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Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment Approaches in Fungal Keratitis: A Narrative Review
MicroorganismsFungal keratitis represents a potentially sight-threatening infection associated with poor prognosis, as well as financial burden. Novel diagnostic methods include polymerase-chain-reaction (PCR)-based approaches, metagenomic deep sequences, in vivo ...
Laura Andreea Ghenciu +4 more
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[Purpureocillium lilacinum : Atypical pathogen of mycotic keratitis in an immunocompetent patient]. [PDF]
Ophthalmologe, 2022 Hamon L +4 more
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Biochemistry Research International, 2010 Ophthalmic mycoses caused by infectious fungi are being recognized as a serious concern since they lead to total blindness. Cephalosporium is one amongst several opportunistic fungal species implicated in ophthalmic infections leading to mycotic ...
Nagaraja N. Nagre +7 more
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