ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2024
Sociodemographic factors and comorbidities are associated with an elevated risk of herpes simplex keratitis: a population-based study in Taiwan.
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- Viral Spectrum of Herpetic Keratitis: A 15-Year Retrospective Analysis from Switzerland.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- Case Report: Antiviral treatment after pterygium surgery based on corneal confocal microscopy.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
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To investigate the association among comorbidities, sociodemographic factors, and herpes simplex keratitis (HSK). This nationwide, population-based, retrospective, matched case-control study included 27,651 patients with HSK identified from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database based on the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) code 054.42 for dendritic keratitis and 054.43 for herpes simplex disciform keratitis. The age-, sex-, and index date-matched control group included 27,651 non-HSK individuals selected from the Taiwan Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2000. Associations between HSK, sociodemographic conditions, and comorbidities were examined using univariate logistic regression analyses, and paired
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