Keratitis Following Penetrating Keratoplasty Cause by Rare, Manageable Bacteria
Most of these events resolve with medical intervention, the report shows.
Most of these events resolve with medical intervention, the report shows.
Cases significantly rose in 10 years, and close to half of cases occurred with contact lens wear.
A man in his early 30s presents to the emergency department for evaluation of a painful red eye that has been present for the past 10 days. Can you make the diagnosis?
Late immunosuppressive therapy is a risk factor for visual loss in patients with rheumatoid arthritis-associated peripheral ulcerative keratitis, according to a study.
Contact lens wear and trauma were the most common factors related to childhood nonviral microbial keratitis, reports 10-year study.
PACK-CXL yielded healing rates similar to antibiotics in patients with infectious keratitis, according to a report.
Only bacterial infections are detected with greater sensitivity using corneal cultures, a report suggests.
An AAO presentation demonstrated RGN-259 represents a potential first-line treatment for neurotrophic keratopathy.
Corneal specialists Thomas Steinemann, MD, of MetroHealth Medical Center and Ann P. Murchison, MD, MPH, of the Wills Eye Hospital, share tales of Halloween costume contact lens horrors bound to keep ophthalmologists up at night.
The treatment following penetrating keratoplasty for eyes with fungal keratitis resulted in reduced risk of recurrence.