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Incidence and clinical characteristics of paediatric keratitis

2 February 2024 | Jonathan Chan | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | Contact lens, Epidemiology, Inflammation, Vision

This is a retrospective, population-based study of a 10-year period from Mayo Clinic, USA between January 2000 and December 2009 of patients <19 years diagnosed with keratitis. Two-hundred and eight-five children were identified. An incidence of 78 per 100,000 and...

Review of pathogenesis of Acanthamoeba keratitis

4 February 2021 | Siyin Liu | Cornea / External Eye Disease | Acanthamoeba, Contact lens, Cornea, Immunology, Keratitis, Microbiome, Pathology

In this review, the author summarised the current microbiomic and immunological evidence related to the pathogenesis of Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK). AK has been described for almost 50 years, but the exact biology of the disease remains perplexing. Acanthamoeba spp. are...

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