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ArticleTurkish journal of ophthalmology2020

Mycotic Keratitis in a Tertiary Hospital in Northeastern Malaysia

Siva Chitamparam, Thiam-Hou Lim, Evelyn Tai, Mohtar Ibrahim

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Article in Turkish journal of ophthalmology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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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 4 countries.

Siva ChitamparamUniversiti Sains Malaysia School of Medical Sciences, Health Campus, Department of Ophthalmology, Kelantan, MalaysiaORCID 0000-0001-9536-1236
Thiam-Hou LimUniversiti Sains Malaysia School of Medical Sciences, Health Campus, Department of Ophthalmology, Kelantan, MalaysiaORCID 0000-0001-6887-0246
Evelyn TaiUniversiti Sains Malaysia School of Medical Sciences, Health Campus, Department of Ophthalmology, Kelantan, MalaysiaORCID 0000-0001-8055-5396
Mohtar IbrahimUniversiti Sains Malaysia School of Medical Sciences, Health Campus, Department of Ophthalmology, Kelantan, MalaysiaORCID 0000-0001-8657-3368
Universiti Sains Malaysia · MY

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: To identify the clinical profile, etiology, and outcome of culture-positive mycotic keratitis in a tertiary referral centre in the Northeastern part of Malaysia. Materials and Methods: A retrospective review of all patients with culture-positive mycotic keratitis in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia over a 3-year period, from January 2015 to December 2017. Results: This study included 27 eyes of 27 patients treated for mycotic keratitis based on a positive fungal culture. The most common predisposing factor was ocular trauma, in 22 patients (81.5%). Eleven patients (40.7%) had a presenting visual acuity worse than 6/60, due to central ulcer involvement. Approximately half of these (6 patients) experienced visual improvement post-treatment. Conclusion: Mycotic keratitis occurred mainly in males and secondary to ocular trauma. The most common organism isolated was

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Visual AcuityAdultAgedCorneaEye Infections, FungalFemaleFollow-Up StudiesFungiHumansIncidenceKeratitisMalaysiaMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesTertiary Care CentersfungiFusariumKeratitis

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PMID33389932
PMCPMC7802097
OpenAlexW3114245335

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