INTRODUCTION Corneal infection is the most common cause of profound ocular morbidity leading to blindness worldwide. Corneal infection in children is difficult to diagnose and treat, as they are unwilling and sometimes unable to cooperate during active management. This study analyses the prevalence, microbiology, demography, therapeutic and visual outcome of infectious microbial keratitis in th...

PURPOSE We report a case of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) keratitis after Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK). CASE REPORT An 87-year-old woman who had undergone a DSAEK 4 months previously was referred to Tokushima University Hospital with a diagnosis of infectious keratitis after DSAEK. A white abscess and infiltration in the inferior cornea ...

An 18-month-old white female child presented with severe bilateral exophthalmos. She was thought to have Grave's disease because her orbital CT scan showed massively enlarge extraocular muscles. She was subsequently found to have myelomonocytic leukaemia. This was treated with radiation, with rapid resolution of her exophthalmos and exposure keratitis.

Acute inflammatory diseases of the ocular surface occur in case epitheliopathy. As a result, most patients complain discomfort and persistence residual inflammation after infection has been stopped. The purpose: to assess degree damage as result bacterial conjunctivitis keratitis, well regenerative effect dexpanthenol 5 % eye gel on healing restoration functional activity epithelium. Methods. A...

Streptococcus spp. are gram-positive bacteria and common human pathogens commensals, causing diseases of various organs in children adults. They etiological factors scarlet fever, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, pneumonia, endocarditis, erysipelas, impetigo, meningitis, necrotising fasciitis, sepsis, among others. The post-streptococcal syndrome is a presumed autoimmune condition that has been associ...

We conducted a retrospective, cross-sectional study to analyze predisposing factors, clinical features, and microbiological characteristics of patients with microbial keratitis hospitalized over 10 years.The medical records of 558 patients who were diagnosed with microbial keratitis and admitted to Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (CGMH), a referral center in Taiwan, from January 1, 2003 to Decembe...

RATIONALE This is a retrospective study aimed to determine the efficacy of mini-scleral contact lens in protecting the cornea and improving vision in cases of facial palsy. PATIENT CONCERNS Patients with facial palsy get exposure keratitis because the cornea is dry. They feel pain, discomfort and excessive watering. If left untreated, it leads to permanent damage to the cornea and loss of goo...

Non-luetic interstitial keratitis, deafness and vertigo characterize Cogan's syndrome. The most common ocular findings in early Cogan's syndrome are bilateral, peripheral, subepithelial numular corneal opacities. The report presents a patient with the evolution of the classic form of Cogan's syndrome.

purpose: to report the prevalence of fungal keratitis as a cause of corneal ulcer in patients refered to boo-ali sina hospital in sari and identify the predisposing factors.  methods: this prospective study was conducted on patients who presented with corneal ulcers to the ophthalmology ward at boo-ali sina hospital in sari, 2004-2005. using standard techniques, a corneal scraping was performed...