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MICROBIAL PROFILE AND PREDISPOSING FACTORS OF MYCOTIC KERATITIS IN A TEACHING HOSPITAL, CENTRAL INDIA

Global Journal of Public Health Medicine, 2022
Introduction: Mycotic keratitis is one of the commonest causes of eye infections especially in male which works mainly in outdoor. Filamentous fungi (mould-like fungi) were the common cause of Mycotic keratitis and common presentations seen in ...
Vaibhav Misra, Chakresh Jain, Ramesh Agrawal, Abhishek Kumar Jain   +3 more
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Retrospective Evaluation of Potassium Hydroxide Mounts and Fungal Cultures in Suspected Mycotic Keratitis at a Tertiary Eye Care Center in South India

RGUHS National Journal of Public Health
Aim To evaluate the diagnostic utility of Potassium Hydroxide KOH wet mounts and fungal cultures FC in clinically suspected mycotic keratitis cases.Methods A retrospective study was conducted analyzing microbiological records of 150 ...
Swetha Mallagundla, Samyakta Shetti, Vidhya S Eswaran, Shraddha Sudarshan, Umme Kulsum, Swetha Shubraj, Mohsina Mekhri   +6 more
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Mycotic Keratitis in the Middle East: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Medical Laboratory Journal, 2022
Background and objectives: Mycotic keratitis is a fungal infection of the cornea that can cause blindness. Its incidence, risk factors, and the etiological agents vary worldwide and nationwide.
mahmoud Karimizadeh Esfahani, mohsen najjari, Saeed Hosseini Teshnizi, Somayeh Dolatabadi, mohammad javad najafzadeh   +4 more
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Mycotic Keratitis-A Global Threat from the Filamentous Fungi. [PDF]

J Fungi (Basel), 2021
Mycotic or fungal keratitis (FK) is a sight-threatening disease, caused by infection of the cornea by filamentous fungi or yeasts. In tropical, low and middle-income countries, it accounts for the majority of cases of microbial keratitis (MK ...
Hoffman JJ, Burton MJ, Leck A.
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Spectrum of mycotic keratitis in north India: Sixteen years study from a tertiary care ophthalmic centre

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2019
Introduction: To analyse the fungal culture results of patients with fungal keratitis over sixteen years and look for variations in the trends over years and distribution across ages, gender and seasons.
Gita Satpathy, Nishat H. Ahmed, Niranjan Nayak, Radhika Tandon, Namrata Sharma, Tushar Agarwal, Murugesan Vanathi, Jeewan S. Titiyal   +7 more
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Microscopic Identification of Etiological Agents of Mycotic Keratitis in Corneal Ulcer Patients at Tertiary Care Eye Hospital, Pondicherry

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2020
Fungal keratitis is one of the causes of severe ocular morbidity and blindness. The prevalence of fungal keratitis has been increased from 7–63%. Culture is mandatory for an Ophthalmologist to guide treatment.
I. Gubert Joseph, Selvaraj Stephen, N. Shivananda, Thiruvenkada Krishnan   +3 more
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An Emerging Global Threat of Mycotic Keratitis Caused by Uncommon Fungal Species: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. [PDF]

Transl Vis Sci Technol
Purpose The purpose of this study was to analyze epidemiological characteristics, clinical spectrum, and treatment outcome of mycotic keratitis (MK) caused by uncommon species.
Gautam M, Lal B, Patel S, Mohan RR, Barathi A, Yadav N, Verma SK, Nyodu R, Sampath A, Koshti D, Sharma B.   +10 more
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[Coinfections in contact lens-associated mycotic keratitis with Pseudomonas or Acanthamoeba]. [PDF]

Ophthalmologe, 2021
Contact lens-associated keratitis is becoming increasingly more frequent. Fungal keratitis is a relatively rare clinical picture but must be taken very seriously.
Farah CJ, Seitz B, Hamon L, Sourlis C, Daas L.   +4 more
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Pathogenesis and Clinical Features of Fungal Keratitis (Review)

Oftalʹmologiâ, 2021
In this review we presented the information about pathogenesis of mycotic keratitis and the most characteristic clinical signs that can help ophthalmologists to suspect mycotic etiology.
K. I. Belskaia, A. S. Obrubov
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S1.5d Spectrum of etiological agents of mycotic keratitis: A n 11- year review [PDF]

Med Mycol, 2022
S1.5 Mycotic Keratitis, September 21, 2022, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Background To assess the spectrum of etiological agents of mycotic keratitis over an 11-year-period at a tertiary eye care center in southern India.
P. Thomas, J. Kaliamurthy
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