Corneal perforation may be associated with prolapse of ocular tissue and requires prompt
diagnosis and treatment. Although infectious keratitis is an important cause, corneal xerosis …

Fungal keratitis (FK) accounts for approximately half of the microbial keratitis encountered in
low middle income countries (LMICs) and predominantly affect the working rural-poor. FK …

1. A host for viruses 2. A host for yeast 3. A host for protists 4. Acanthamoeba and bacteria
interactions 5. Is Acanthamoebaan evolutionary ancestor of macrophages? 6 …

The fundamental problem of corneal transplantation is a severe shortage of donor tissues
worldwide, resulting in approximately 1.5 million new cases of blindness annually. To …

Bacterial keratitis continues to be one of the leading causes of corneal blindness in the
developed as well as the developing world, despite swift progress since the dawn of the …

Purpose To report clinical outcomes of rose bengal photodynamic antimicrobial therapy (RB-
PDAT) as an adjunct treatment for severe, progressive infectious keratitis. Design …

Amongst the treatable cause of blindness among young people, fungal keratitis ranks high.
There are an estimated 1,051,787 to 1,480,916 eyes affected annually, with 8–11% of …

Purpose: To study the outcomes of therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty in fungal keratitis.
Methods: This retrospective, observational, interventional case series involved an audit of …

Although relatively uncommon, fungi, atypical Mycobacteria, and Nocardia have been
isolated from a variety of infections of eye including keratitis, scleritis, canaliculitis …

Post-keratoplasty infectious keratitis (PKIK) represents a unique clinical entity that often
poses significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. It carries a high risk of serious …