Glaucoma medications and ocular surface disease
3 August 2023
| Su Young
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EYE - Glaucoma
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Drug allergy, OSD, drug toxicity, drug-induced cicatricial keratitis, dry eye, glaucoma medications, ocular surface disease
This literature review examined ocular surface disease (OSD) associated with glaucoma medication. The authors examined the prevalence of features and management guidelines glaucoma medication associated OSD. Fifty-eight articles published within the past five years are included in this review and...
Microbiology, risk factors and outcomes of microbial keratitis in Sydney, Australia
5 February 2020
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
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Microbial keratitis, cornea, dry eye, keratitis, ocular surface disease
The authors present a retrospective case series including all patients with microbial keratitis and ocular surface diseases (OSD), including dry eye, blepharitis, Stevens-Johnson syndrome and / or ocular cicatricial pemphigoid, over a five-year period between 2012 and 2016. A total...
Non-contact-lens-associated acanthamoeba keratitis
1 October 2015
| Jaya Myneni
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EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
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Acanthamoeba keratitis, microbial keratitis, microscopy, non-contact-lens, time of presentation
This retrospective study was done to study the clinical presentation and microbiological results of non-contact-lens-related acanthamoeba keratitis (AK). One hundred and ninety-four patients with microbiological / histopathological diagnosis of AK over four years were included. All patients had corneal scrapings...
γδ T cell depletion does not affect fungal keratitis
1 August 2015
| Graham Wallace
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EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
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CFW, Cytokines, FK, Fungal keratitis, IL-17, Neutrophils, calcofluor WHITE, fungal keratitis, γδ T cells
Fungal keratitis (FK) is a blinding condition prevalent in agricultural areas of countries such as India and China. The fungus enters the cornea and induces an inflammatory response which leads to tissue damage. Neutrophils are the earliest infiltrating immune cells...
