Microbial keratitis
A Study on Microbial Keratitis.
... agents. Microbial keratitis is potentially a vision threatening condition that can be caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi or ...Infectious keratitis is a significant public health ...Infectious ...
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Specific detection of fungal pathogens by 18S rRNA gene PCR in microbial keratitis
... The most common initial laboratory procedure done in diagnosis of fungal keratitis is microscopic examination. In this study, a positive microscopic examination was observed in 30% (9) of patients. The percentage ...
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Bandage contact lens and topical steroids are risk factors for the development of microbial keratitis after epithelium-off CXL
... All patients who had undergone CXL for keratoconus from February 2011 to July 2017 at The Royal Liver- pool University Hospital, UK were included. The main criterion for patients being offered CXL was an evident ...
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Epidemiology, microbiology and visual outcome of microbial keratitis in Madurai
... Definitive culturing is the gold standard of clinical management. Gram stain, Giemsa stain, Flourescent Gram stain, Culturing , Antimicrobial susceptibility testing and Corneal biopsy are the recommended lab ...
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<p>Nine-year analysis of isolated pathogens and antibiotic susceptibilities of microbial keratitis from a large referral eye center in southern China</p>
... Our study had potential limitations. First, as a referral hospital-based study, the results might have been affected by sampling bias. Second, the lack of Acanthamoeba-speci fi c media is a limitation that cannot be ...
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Clinical and lab studies on suspected cases of microbial keratitis: A hospital based study
... This is certify that study entitled “Clinical and Lab Studies on suspected Cases of Microbial Keratitis” is the result of original work carried out by Dr.Keerthana.K.E, under my supervision and guidance at ...
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Microbial keratitis-induced endophthalmitis: incidence, symptoms, therapy, visual prognosis and outcomes
... In a retrospective analysis, all patients treated with en- dophthalmitis between December 2006 and December 2011 in the Department of Ophthalmology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Germany, were ...
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Contact lens associated microbial keratitis: practical considerations for the optometrist
... Abstract: Microbial keratitis (MK) is a corneal condition that encompasses several differ- ent pathogens and etiologies. While contact lens associated MK is most often associated with bacterial infections, ...
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Case Control study for Ocular surface risk factors in Microbial Keratitis
... This is to certify that the dissertation work titled “Case – Control study for Ocular surface risk factors in Microbial Keratitis” has been submitted by the candidate Dr. Maria Priyanka T with Registration ...
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Presentation and Outcome of Microbial Keratitis in Ilorin, Nigeria
... This was a hospital-based longitudinal study conducted from January to December 2012. It was carried out at the Ophthalmology Department of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) in Ilorin, Nigeria. All ...
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The impact of microbial keratitis on quality of life in Uganda
... lamp to assess the anterior segment using a structured protocol. Corneal scrape specimens were collected from the ulcer at a slit lamp or an operating microscope and samples were processed in the department of microbi- ...
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Update on peripheral ulcerative keratitis
... findings may lead ophthalmologists to suspect certain types of associated diseases. Laboratory investigations conducted according to the findings include complete and differential blood cell counts, platelet count, ...
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... bacterial keratitis showed a good ...stromal keratitis, one had a history of previous corneal graft because of HSV keratitis and had a good response to ...infectious keratitis are ...of ...
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Management and treatment of contact lens-related <em>Pseudomonas</em> keratitis
... lens-related microbial keratitis has been estimated over the past 20 years, and has remained almost constant at 1/2500 contact lens wearers who wear lenses on a daily wear basis (that is removing lenses ...
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ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF CERTAIN ANTIBIOTICS ON THE MICROBIAL ISOLATES OF KERATITIS PATIENT
... Microbial keratitis is a major cause of monocular blindness in developing ...countries. Keratitis caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi and ...from keratitis patients using certain ...of ...
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Original Research Article ISOLATION, IDENTIFICATION OF BACTERIAL AGENT CAUSING KERATITIS, ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY TESTING Venkatalaxmi Rajamanickam * 1, Aruna Sunder2 , C Prathiba 3
... of microbial Keratitis antibacterial and antifungal suscepti- bility pattern was undertaken from march 2015 to Aug 2015 at a tertiary care centre, Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital Hyderabad, Telangana with a ...
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Infectious endophthalmitis leading to evisceration: spectrum of bacterial and fungal pathogens and antibacterial susceptibility profile
... A total of 6158 cases of endophthalmitis were seen at our center along the time period from January 2004 to December 2017. Of these, 791 cases of endophthalmitis underwent evisceration (12.84%). Of these cultures, posi- ...
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Diagnosis of keratomycosis: an update
... fungal keratitis (Chew et ...mycotic keratitis, as in about one-third patients with keratomycosis, culture was negative for fungi (Liesegang and Forster, 1980; McDonnell et ...of microbial ...
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Original Research Article ISOLATION, IDENTIFICATION OF FUNGAL AGENT CAUSING KERATITIS, ANTIFUNGAL SENSITIVITY TESTING Venkatalaxmi Rajamanickam * 1, Aruna Sunder2 , Lingam Jaya Lakshmi 3
... study were trauma [Table 1] followed commonly caused by vegetative matter followed by sand/ stone/dirt [17-20], paddy or its stalk (21), jute followed by steroid(22, 10), and also vitamin A deficiency and acquired ...
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Use of 18S rRNA Gene Based PCR Assay for Diagnosis of Acanthamoeba Keratitis in Non Contact Lens Wearers in India
... of microbial keratitis to determine sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values of the ...Acanthamoeba keratitis showed a 463-bp ampli- con, while no amplicon was obtained from patients with ...
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