Visual Recovery in Treated Bacterial Keratitis

Chronic Ocular Hypertension after Treated Multifocal Bacterial Keratitis

PURPOSE To report an unusual case of multifocal bacterial keratitis that despite success-ful treatment caused chronic ocular hypertension. METHODS A 67-year-old woman with unilateral multifocal keratitis and no previous ocular pathology was admitted to our hospital. Corneal scrapings and conjunctival samples were obtained for culture and the patient received intensive therapy with fortified v...

Novel Approaches in Bacterial Keratitis

New Treatments for Bacterial Keratitis

Purpose. To review the newer treatments for bacterial keratitis. Data Sources. PubMed literature search up to April 2012. Study Selection. Key words used for literature search: "infectious keratitis", "microbial keratitis", "infective keratitis", "new treatments for infectious keratitis", "fourth generation fluoroquinolones", "moxifloxacin", "gatifloxacin", "collagen cross-linking", and "photod...

Adjunctive Therapies for Bacterial Keratitis

Bacterial keratitis is the most common type among all types of infectious keratitis. Currently, antibiotics are the main-stay of treatment. The objective of this systematic review is to review published clinical studies which discuss the adjunctive treatment of bacterial keratitis to guide clinical decision-making. We reviewed the role of a variety of medications and surgeries which can help in...

How to Treat Bacterial Keratitis

How to Treat Bacterial Keratitis Bacterial keratitis in dogs is a common disease that can be aggressive and may threaten vision. The exact pathogenesis is unknown. Culture of the cornea should be done when bacterial keratitis is suspected, and many suspected or confirmed cases are treated with cefazolin and tobramycin or with ciprofloxacin alone. All of these regimens provide a broad spectrum o...