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.
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Diagnosis and treatment outcome of mycotic keratitis at a tertiary eye care center in eastern india
BMC Ophthalmology, 2011 Background Mycotic keratitis is an important cause of corneal blindness world over including India. Geographical location and climate are known to influence the profile of fungal diseases.
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Dermatophytosis and mycotic keratitis
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 1980 Samraj D, Kamalam A, Thambiah A
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Collection of corneal impression cytology directly on a sterile glass slide for the detection of viral antigen: An inexpensive and simple technique for the diagnosis of HSV epithelial keratitis – A pilot study [PDF]
, 2001 Background: Herpes simplex keratitis (HSK) is a sight threatening ocular infection and occurs worldwide. A prompt laboratory diagnosis is often very useful. Conventional virology techniques are often expensive and time consuming.
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Clonality, recombination, and hybridization in the plumbing-inhabiting human pathogen Fusarium keratoplasticum inferred from multilocus sequence typing [PDF]
, 2013 Sammanfattning/AbstractHelene Erös och Jennie Karlsson (2013). Action programs as tool for learning.Specialpedagogprogrammet 90hp Skolutveckling och ledarskap Lärande och samhälle, Malmö högskolaProblemområde: Skolverket (2012) presenterade nyligen de ...
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2021 Fusarium is a filamentous fungus commonly found in the environment and is the major cause of fungal keratitis. We report a case of keratomycosis caused by Fusarium solani in a patient using disposable soft contact lenses.
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Altered Patterns of Fungal Keratitis at a London Ophthalmic Referral Hospital: An Eight-Year Retrospective Observational Study [PDF]
, 2016 PURPOSE: In previous studies of fungal keratitis (FK) from temperate countries, yeasts were the predominant isolates, with ocular surface disease (OSD) being the leading risk factor.
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Murine model for Fusarium oxysporum invasive fusariosis reveals organ-specific structures for dissemination and long-term persistence [PDF]
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Isolation and identification of pathogenic fungi from the infected eye of sheep and cattle [PDF]
Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2006 The study included isolation and identification of pathogenic fungi associated with the mycotic keratitis in sheep and cattle, the observed study Aspergillus niger was the most frequent species isolated and was accounted to 62.5% of all isolates, while ...
M. A. Hamed, B.E. Rasheed, G.H Shamoon
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