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ArticleIndian journal of ophthalmology2020

Invasion of the therapeutic contact lens by a rare fungal species presenting as the acute red eye: A case report.

C S Lalitha, Bhagabat Nayak, Vinaykumar Hallur, Anjali Kharolia

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Article in Indian journal of ophthalmology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Ophthalmic infections caused byCurrent medical mycology · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

C S LalithaDepartment of Ophthalmology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Bhagabat NayakDepartment of Ophthalmology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Vinaykumar HallurDepartment of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Anjali KharoliaDepartment of Ophthalmology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Therapeutic contact lens used in the treatment of non-infective corneal pathologies are prone to infection by microorganisms like bacteria, protozoa and fungi. Bacteria cause the majority of contact lens-related infections. Although rare, fungal invasion of soft contact lenses is a potentially severe complication which may cause keratitis and more fulminating infections. Contact lens invasion can present as acute red eye warranting its replacement to prevent the development of keratitis. Different genera and species of fungi are documented to cause contact lens invasion. We report a rare case of fungal invasion of the contact lens by Aspergillus nidulans.

Indexed as

Contact Lenses, HydrophilicEye Infections, FungalKeratitisBacteriaCorneaFungiHumansAcute red eyecontact lensfungal invasion

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PMID33120687
PMCPMC7774202
OpenAlexW3097526184

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