Fungal Keratitis
Fungal keratitis
... As the studies indicate, there is no one good broad spectrum anti-fungal medication that is effective in all cases of fungal keratitis. The initial therapy should be based on the organism suspected. ...
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Clinical utility of voriconazole eye drops in ophthalmic fungal keratitis
... administered voriconazole was demonstrated to achieve good penetration into the aqueous and vitreous humors of the human eye. Two 12-hourly 400 mg doses of voriconazole were administered to 14 patients with noninflamed ...
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Detection of fungi by conventional methods and semi-nested PCR in patients with presumed fungal keratitis
... presumed fungal keratitis [2, 19, 40, 47, 51, ...of fungal keratitis based on clinical features are reported up to 83% of cases, but it is not included to yeast fungi due to similarities in ...
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Original Article Expression of IL-2, IL-6, IL-10, and IL-1β in rats with fungal keratitis
... from fungal keratitis tissues according to instructions of the TRIGene kit, its concentra- tion and purity were determined using a spec- trophotometer, and the absorbance (A) 260 /A 280 value was between ...
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Expression of cytokines in aqueous humor from fungal keratitis patients
... and fungal cultures were performed on the aqueous humor and corneal buttons of all ...and/or fungal cultures. Bacterial and fungal cultures revealed negative results in all aqueous humor ...of ...
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Clinical analysis of microbiologically proven fungal keratitis according to prior topical steroid use: a retrospective study in South Korea
... proven fungal keratitis cases between January 2000 and December ...of fungal keratitis and clinical response to antifungal treatment plus one of the following: (a) positive fungal cul- ...
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Clinical experiences in fungal keratitis caused by <em>Acremonium</em>
... of fungal keratitis from Acremonium species were identified in five patients (three males, two ...Acremonium fungal keratitis was ocular ...
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Evaluation of molecular diagnosis in fungal keratitis. Ten years of experience
... clinic, keratitis is in its advanced ...with fungal keratitis, of which 114 were patients with early keratitis and 363 were from patients with advanced ...that fungal detection by ...
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Intrastromal antifungal injection as a successful modality of treatment for fungal keratitis: a case series
... Descemet's membrane and rapidly invade the anterior chamber. In such cases, conventional antifungal agents such as fluconazole, topical natamycin, amphotericin B, or the combination with oral fluconazole, seems to yield ...
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Evaluation of corneal scrapings smear examination method in the diagnosis of fungal keratitis
... of fungal keratitis (64%) noted in the present study correlates with the studies of Bharathi et al , Srinivasan et al and Chowdhary et al ...mycotic keratitis was determined to be ...of fungal ...
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Antimicrobial efficacy of corneal cross-linking in vitro and in vivo for Fusarium solani: a potential new treatment for fungal keratitis
... Fungal keratitis(FK), a major eye disease, is one of the leading causes of severe visual ...tious keratitis, fungal keratitis accounts for approxi- mately ...of fungal ...
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Original Article Targeting STAT3 signaling alleviates severity of fungal keratitis by suppressing ICAM-1 and IL-1β
... Fungal keratitis (FK) is a sight-threatening ocu- lar disease with a growing incidence rate, espe- cially in developing countries [1], accounting for approximately 1% of corneal ulcers and up to 35% of all ...
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Fungal keratitis in patients with corneal ulcer attending Minilik II Memorial Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
... fungal keratitis appears to be rare and the most frequent etiologic agents are Candida ...of fungal isolates mycelia fungi were the most common ac- counting for ...predominant fungal isolates ...
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Use of multiple methods for genotyping Fusariumduring an outbreak of contact lens associated fungal keratitis in Singapore
... of fungal keratitis caused by members of the FSSC from March 2005 to May 2006 involving 66 ...Fusarium keratitis associated with contact lens use was also described in Hong Kong ...
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Study of efficacy and tolerability of topical voriconazole versus natamycin in the treatment of filamentous fungal keratitis
... The study was conducted in the Department of Ophthalmology to study the efficacy and tolerability of topical Natamycin and Voriconazole in treatment of filamentous fungal keratitis. Sixty patients were ...
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<p>Clinical outcome after air-assisted manual deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty for fungal keratitis poorly responsive to medical treatment</p>
... of fungal keratitis was con fi rmed by typical clinical fi ndings and microbiological or histological analysis of corneal specimens, and who were poorly responsive to topical and systemic antifungal ...
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DEVELOPMENT AND OPTIMIZATION OF ECONAZOLE SPANLASTICS FOR FUNGAL KERATITIS
... A promising nanovesicular ophthalmic formulation of Econazole made only of surfactants was successfully prepared. The optimized Econazole-loaded nanovesicular carriers had a greater antifungal activity, and a longer mean ...
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Molecular characterization, biofilm analysis and experimental biofouling study of Fusariumisolates from recent cases of fungal keratitis in New York State
... Fungal keratitis due to filamentous fungi is quite common in tropical parts of the world and the southeastern United States ...subsequent fungal infections. In temperate regions, fungal ...
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Ineffectiveness of intrastromal voriconazole for filamentous fungal keratitis
... filamentous fungal keratitis by contrasting the effectiveness for yeast ...seven fungal keratitis patients ...of keratitis caused by Fusarium, and one case caused by Aspergillus, did ...
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Rare case of fungal keratitis caused by <em>Plectosporium tabacinum</em>
... However, cultures from the corneal scrapings did not show the crescent-shaped macroconidia characteristic of Fusarium species. Cultures were continued, and uniseptate conidia were produced. Because the causative agent ...
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