Therapeutic keratoplasty in Pseudomonas pyocyaneus corneal ulcers.

Corneal Collagen Cross-linking for Treatment of Non-healing Corneal Ulcers

PURPOSE To evaluate the efficacy of corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) for treatment of corneal ulcers not responding to antimicrobial therapy. METHODS Eight patients with corneal ulcers associated with corneal melting, not responding to conventional antibiotic therapy, were treated with CXL. The procedure was performed according to the standardized protocol for keratoconus. Preoperative me...

Outcomes of Infectious versus Sterile Perforated Corneal Ulcers after Therapeutic Penetrating Keratoplasty in the United States

Purpose. To compare the long-term outcomes of infectious versus sterile perforated corneal ulcers after therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty in the United States. Methods. The charts of 45 consecutive eyes that underwent primary therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty for a perforated corneal ulcer at a single center were retrospectively reviewed. The perforated ulcers were classified as infectiou...

Infection of the cornea with B. pyocyaneus. Clinical study and summary of ten cases personally observed.

CORNEAL ulcers of a very severe nature and recognizable clinical appearance are caused by infection with Bacillus pyocyaneus. Practically the only severe corneal ulcers (i.e., those involving loss of the eye, or states approaching this, within a day or so of admission) seen at the Moorfields Branch in the course of a year were due to this organism. The typical history is as follows: The patient...

Therapeutic keratoplasty in fungal corneal ulcers.

Contact Lens Induced Corneal Ulcers; a Series of a Considerable Risk Factor

Corneal ulcers are a major cause of blindness worldwide. A recent eye health care concern is the increasing incidence of contact lens induced corneal ulcers. Delay in the diagnosis and management of corneal ulcers can cause severe visual loss, therefore an early ophthalmologist visit and timely administration of antimicrobial agents can prevent visual loss. Factors associated with increased ris...