A Case of Medication-Resistant Acanthamoeba Keratitis Treated by Corneal Crosslinking in Turkey by Goktug Demirci, Akif Ozdamar

“…To report a case of medication-resistant acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) treated successfully by corneal crosslinking (CXL). …”
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Effects of Lamellar Keratectomy and Intrastromal Injection of 0.2% Fluconazole on Fungal Keratitis by Xinying You, Jun Li, Suxia Li, Weiyun Shi

“…To evaluate effects of lamellar keratectomy and intrastromal injection of 0.2% fluconazole (LKIIF) on fungal keratitis. Methods. Data for 54 eyes of consecutive patients with fungal keratitis treated with LKIIF were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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Recurrent Herpetic Stromal Keratitis in Mice: A Model for Studying Human HSK by Patrick M. Stuart, Tammie L. Keadle

“…Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) infection of the cornea leads to a potentially blinding disease, termed herpetic stromal keratitis (HSK) that is characterized by lesions of an immunoinflammatory nature. …”
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Tear metabolomics reveals novel potential biomarkers in epithelial herpes simplex keratitis by Jinyu Zhang, Zhenning Wu, Yangqi Zhang, Kaili Wu, Xiaoyi Li, Shiyou Zhou

Subjects: “…Herpes simplex keratitis…”
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Fungal Keratitis Caused by Drechslera spp. Treated with Voriconazole: A Case Report by Margarita I. Echavez, Archimedes Lee D. Agahan, Noel S. Carino

“…To present a case of Drechslera spp. keratitis treated with topical Voriconazole. Method. …”
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Clinical Features, Risk Factors, and Therapy of Epithelial Keratitis after Cataract Surgery by Yani Wang, Dongfang Li, Wenjie Su, Yunhai Dai

“…The study aimed to assess the clinical characteristics, risk factors, and therapy of epithelial keratitis after cataract surgery. Methods. Medical data of 89 consecutive patients who developed epithelial keratitis after cataract surgery, including 37 patients with diabetes mellitus (37 eyes) and 52 patients without diabetes mellitus (52 eyes), were retrospectively reviewed. …”
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Refractory Scedosporium apiospermum Keratitis Successfully Treated with Combination of Amphotericin B and Voriconazole by Mohd-Tahir Fadzillah, Siti-Raihan Ishak, Mohtar Ibrahim

“…To report a case of refractory fungal keratitis caused by Scedosporium apiospermum. Methods. …”
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Recurrence of Herpetic Keratitis after COVID-19 Vaccination: A Report of Two Cases by Ali Mahdavi Fard, Jeffrey Desilets, Sangita Patel

“…We present two patients with latent herpetic keratitis who experienced reactivation of keratitis within weeks of COVID-19 vaccination despite prolonged periods of prior latency. …”
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A 5-Year Retrospective Review of Fungal Keratitis at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia by Fadzillah Mohd-Tahir, A. Norhayati, Ishak Siti-Raihan, M. Ibrahim

“…Corneal blindness from healed infected keratitis is one of the most preventable causes of monocular blindness in developing countries, including Malaysia. …”
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In Vivo Confocal Microscopy and Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography Analysis of the Microcystic Keratitis by Michał Dembski, Anna Nowińska, Klaudia Ulfik, Sławomir Teper, Edward Wylęgała

“…Conclusions. Microcystic keratitis appeared as localized microcystic inflammation of epithelium on AS-OCT, which was confirmed by IVCM. …”
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Retraction Note: Establishment of an Acanthamoeba keratitis mouse model confirmed by amoebic DNA amplification by Heekyoung Kang, Hae‑Jin Sohn, A‑Young Park, A‑Jeong Ham, Jeong‑Heon Lee, Young‑Hwan Oh, Yong‑Joon Chwae, Kyongmin Kim, Sun Park, Hongseok Yang, Suk‑Yul Jung, Jong‑Hyun Kim, Ho‑Joon Shin

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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Establishment of an Acanthamoeba keratitis mouse model confirmed by amoebic DNA amplification by Heekyoung Kang, Hae-Jin Sohn, A-Young Park, A-Jeong Ham, Jeong-Heon Lee, Young-Hwan Oh, Yong-Joon Chwae, Kyongmin Kim, Sun Park, Hongseok Yang, Suk-Yul Jung, Jong-Hyun Kim, Ho-Joon Shin

“…Abstract Acanthamoeba castellanii, the causative agent of Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK), occurs mainly in contact lens users with poor eye hygiene. …”
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Effectiveness of Polyclonal Antibody Immunoconjugate Treatment with Propamidine Isethionate for Amoebic Keratitis in Golden Hamsters by Manuel Enrique Ávila-Blanco, Sandra Lizbeth Aguilera-Martínez, Javier Ventura-Juarez, Jorge Pérez-Serrano, Elizabeth Casillas-Casillas, Luis Fernando Barba-Gallardo

“…Acanthamoeba griffini is known to cause amoebic keratitis (AK); its main causes are inadequate hygiene when contact lenses are handled and/or its prolonged use at night, as well as the use of contact lenses during underwater activities. …”
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The Role of Connexin-43 in the Inflammatory Process: A New Potential Therapy to Influence Keratitis by Chu-Yang Xu, Wen-Song Zhang, Hong Zhang, Yan Cao, Hong-Yan Zhou

“…Corneal healing plays an essential role in the late stage of keratitis. We found that Cx43 is involved in wound healing. …”
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Acanthamoeba Species Keratitis in a Soft Contact Lens Wearer Molecularly Linked to Well Water by Samira Mubareka, Michelle Alfa, Godfrey K Harding, Gregory Booton, Marilyn Ekins, Paul Van Caeseele

“…Acanthamoeba species keratitis has been associated with soft contact lens wear. …”
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Using Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography to Monitor Disease Progression in Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis by Aakriti Garg, Joaquin De Rojas, Priya Mathews, Albert Hazan, James Lin, Danielle Trief, Leejee H. Suh

“…We report two cases of peripheral ulcerative keratitis (PUK) imaged with anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT). …”
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Impaired Fas-Fas Ligand Interactions Result in Greater Recurrent Herpetic Stromal Keratitis in Mice by Xiao-Tang Yin, Tammie L. Keadle, Jessicah Hard, John Herndon, Chloe A. Potter, Chelsea R. Del Rosso, Thomas A. Ferguson, Patrick M. Stuart

“…Herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) infection of the cornea leads to a potentially blinding condition termed herpetic stromal keratitis (HSK). Clinical studies have indicated that disease is primarily associated with recurrent HSK following reactivation of a latent viral infection of the trigeminal ganglia. …”
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Purification and Characterization of a Mitogenic Lectin from Cephalosporium, a Pathogenic Fungus Causing Mycotic Keratitis by Nagaraja N. Nagre, Vishwanath B. Chachadi, Sachin M. Eligar, C. Shubhada, Radha Pujari, Padma Shastry, Bale M. Swamy, Shashikala R. Inamdar

“…Cephalosporium is one amongst several opportunistic fungal species implicated in ophthalmic infections leading to mycotic keratitis. A mitogenic lectin has been purified from the mycelia of fungus Cephalosporium, isolated from the corneal smears of a keratitis patient. …”
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A Management Dilemma: Infectious Keratitis Associated with Soft Contact Lens Use and Dubious Treatment Compliance by Konstantinos T. Tsaousis, Georgios Sakkias, Nikolaos Kozeis, Periklis Tahiaos

“…To present a case of infectious keratitis caused by the microorganism Serratia marcescens in a contact lens user and further to confer on the most advantageous management of comparable situations. …”
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Seven-Year Analysis of Microbial Keratitis Tendency at an Ophthalmology Department in Poland: A Single-Center Study by Klaudia Ulfik, Sławomir Teper, Michał Dembski, Anna Nowińska, Ewa Wróblewska-Czajka, Edward Wylęgała

“…This study aimed to analyze the frequency, drug susceptibility, and drug resistance of pathogens causing microbial keratitis (a corneal inflammation) in the Clinical Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice. …”
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