ArticleCureus2022
Microbiological Profile in Patients Having Keratitis in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India.
Article in Cureus, 2022. 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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- The immunobiology of corneal HSV-1 infection and herpetic stromal keratitis.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2024Review
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- Bacterial and Fungal Keratitis in a Tertiary Care Hospital from Romania.Microorganisms · 2024Article
- Herpes simplex keratitis: A brief clinical overview.World journal of virology · 2024Review
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Abstract
Background Corneal ulcer or keratitis is defined as a loss of corneal epithelium with underlying stromal infiltration and suppuration associated with signs of inflammation. Corneal blindness is a significant public health problem worldwide; infectious keratitis is one of the predominant preventable causes of blindness. Several studies have evaluated microbial infectious keratitis's etiology, management, and outcome. However, there are regional variations in corneal ulcers' prevalence, risk factors, and outcome. The objective of this study was to isolate and identify the bacterial, fungal, viral, and protozoal etiological organisms causing infectious corneal ulcers along with their prevalence and antimicrobial sensitivity pattern. Methods A prospective observational study was done in the Department of Microbiology and RIO, Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata, for a period of 1 year (February 2019 to January 2020) after obtaining clearance from the Institutional Ethics Committee. Informed consent, demographic data, history of disease onset, duration of symptoms, associated co-morbidities, etc., were taken from the patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria. Corneal scraping samples were collected sterilely to detect bacterial, fungal, parasitic, and viral isolates and identified by standard laboratory procedures. Results A total of 80 patients were included in the study. The risk factors included foreign body in 24 (30%), blunt trauma in 10 (12.5%), steroid use in 8 (10%), contact lens user 4 (5%), and spontaneous in 34 (42.5%). Among these 80 patients, 18 showed growth of bacteria, including
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