ArticleInternational journal of ophthalmology2016
Corneal infection in Shandong peninsula of China: a 10-year retrospective study on 578 cases.
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- Beauveria bassiana: an emerging pathogen of fungal keratitis.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Modified tectonic corneoscleral graft technique for treating devastating corneoscleral infections.BMC ophthalmology · 2024Article
- Infectious keratitis in Western New York: a 10-year review of patient demographics, clinical management, and treatment failure.Frontiers in ophthalmology · 2024Article
- Epidemiological profile of microbial keratitis in Alexandria-Egypt a 5 years retrospective study.Journal of ophthalmic inflammation and infection · 2023Article
- Infectious keratitis: an update on epidemiology, causative microorganisms, risk factors, and antimicrobial resistance.Eye (London, England) · 2021Review
- Acanthamoeba Keratitis in Egypt: Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Article
- An Omics Approach to Diagnosing or Investigating Fungal Keratitis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019Review
- Nine-year analysis of isolated pathogens and antibiotic susceptibilities of microbial keratitis from a large referral eye center in southern China.Infection and drug resistance · 2019Article
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Abstract
aimTo determine the epidemiological characteristics, clinical signs, laboratory findings, and outcomes in patients with corneal infection in Shandong peninsula of China.
methodsThe medical records of 578 inpatients (578 eyes) with corneal infection were reviewed retrospectively for demographic characteristics, risk factors, seasonal variation, clinical signs, laboratory findings, and treatment strategy. Patient history, ocular examination findings using slit-lamp biomicroscopy, laboratory findings resulted from microbiological cultures, and treatment.
resultsFungal keratitis constituted 58.48% of cases of infectious keratitis among the inpatients, followed by herpes simplex keratitis (20.76%), bacterial keratitis (19.03%) and acanthamoeba keratitis (1.73%). The most common risk factor was corneal trauma (71.80%). The direct microscopic examination (338 cases) using potassium hydroxide (KOH) wet mounts was positive in 296 cases (87.57%). Among the 298 fungal culture-positive cases, Fusarium species were the most common isolates (70.47%). A total of 517 cases (89.45%) received surgical intervention, including 255 (44.12%) cases of penetrating keratoplasty, 74 (12.80%) cases of lamellar keratoplasty which has become increasingly popular, and 77 cases (13.32%) of evisceration or enucleation.
conclusionAt present, infectious keratitis is a primary corneal disease causing blindness in China. With Fusarium species being the most commonly identified pathogens, fungal keratitis is the leading cause of severe infectious corneal ulcers in Shandong peninsula of China.
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