PURPOSE To determine the influence of risk factors, climate, and geographical variation on the microbial keratitis in South India. METHODS A retrospective analysis of all clinically diagnosed infective keratitis presenting between September 1999 and August 2002 was performed. A standardised form was filled out for each patient, documenting sociodemographic features and information pertaining ...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Infective keratitis is rare in the absence of predisposing factors. The pattern of risk factors predisposing to infective keratitis varies with geographical regions and also influences the type of infection that occurs. The present study was aimed to identify the specific risk factors that predispose the infective keratitis (non viral) and to determine the association bet...

0lit nf CaS6S Per^?ration of the colon attio4^o ^ P??t-mortem study of 20 cases of invariahl1S" f T 70y reSarded the condition as ible ?n lataI; anti-mortem diagnosis imposs^ine-hnrv, treatment with emetine ineffective. Petfora!? ? reported a case of amoebic aw?Dm? >? coIon Seated by colectomy. ?f nprff llterature does not show any report tion ?n ^e colon due to amoebic infecQ occurring in this...

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In a recent paper on tropical or amoebic abscess of the liver and its relationship to amoebic dysentery I have drawn attention to the occurrence of this form of disease of the large bowel in India, and hope shortly to describe it more fully with illustrations of the naked eye and microscopical changes in the Scientific Memoirs. In nearly every one of the cases of this disease met with at the Me...

The 29 kDa surface protein of Entamoeba histolytica is an abundant antigenic protein expressed by pathogenic strains of this organism. The protein is a member of a widely-dispersed group of homologues which includes at least two cysteinyl peroxidases, Salmonella typhimurium alkyl hydroperoxidase C-22 protein (AhpC) and Saccharomyces cerevisiae thiol-specific antioxidant protein (TSA). Here, for...

We present a case of a 30-year-old postpartum woman who delivered by caesarean section at 34 weeks. On postoperative day 9, she was admitted to our hospital in shock. Emergency abdominal surgery was performed. Massive purulent ascites collected in the abdominal cavity and was associated with intestinal necrosis, which extended from the ascending colon to one-third of the descending colon. The n...

Aspergillus and Fusarium are the most common fungi causing mycotic keratitis. Injury to the eye with vegetable matter, cow tail injury, long-term use of topical steroids are some of the risk factors for mycotic keratitis. There are few case reports of keratitis caused by Bipolaris. The human pathogenic species in the genus are Bipolaris spicifera, Bipolaris hawaiiensis, Bipolaris papendorfii, a...

Keratitis is an inflammation of the cornea (the clear, front part of the eye) and is often caused by bacteria, viruses, amoeba, fungi. There are two types of keratitis infectious ulcerative keratitis (IUK), caused by infectious pathogens and noninfectious ulcerative keratitis (NIUK), which has a clinical presentation similar to that of IUK but no known infectious cause and is a diverse disease ...

Fungal Keratitis In article 2202409, Shaozhen Zhao, Zhongwei Niu, Ruibo Yang, and co-workers report a peptide conjugate nano-assembly (PCNA) that permeates corneal stroma kills the hyphae without irritating ocular cornea. PCNA with nano-assembled structure assembly–disassembly behavior could serve as foundation of new therapy for fungal keratitis.