Contact lens induced ulcerative keratitis is a serious complication which can be devastating for the patient if treatment is delayed. Extended wear is the commonest cause of microbial keratitis in contact lens wear. New extended wear silicone hydrogel contact lenses have higher oxygen transmissibility so that they can be worn continuously for 30 days. They can also be used as bandage contact le...

contact lens wearers are at great risk of developing microbial keratitis because of incorrect usages and unhygienic maintenance of contact lenses. therefore, the present study was planned to provide data that will be helpful in selecting the anti-microbial to cure microbial keratitis. one hundred bacterial isolates from conjunctiva of contact lenses wearer were isolated, identified and subjecte...

Infections of the cornea can lead to corneal opacity and blindness if not identified quickly and managed appropriately. The terms ‘microbial keratitis’, ‘infective keratitis’ and ‘suppurative keratitis’ are all used to describe suppurative infections of the cornea. In this issue we use the term microbial keratitis. These infections are characterised by the presence of white or yellowish infiltr...

Infections of the cornea can lead to corneal opacity and blindness if not identified quickly and managed appropriately. The terms ‘microbial keratitis’, ‘infective keratitis’ and ‘suppurative keratitis’ are all used to describe suppurative infections of the cornea. In this issue we use the term microbial keratitis. These infections are characterised by the presence of white or yellowish infiltr...

Microbial keratitis is a major cause of corneal opacity and loss of vision worldwide. Ulcerative microbial keratitis remains a leading cause of blindness worldwide. The most common causative organisms are bacteria, although fungi and protists can also cause keratitis. Bacterial keratitis is potentially more devastating ocular infection. The most common bacteria associated with corneal ulcer are...

Pubmed and Medline were searched for articles referring to Pseudomonas keratitis between the years 2007 and 2012 to obtain an overview of the current state of this disease. Keyword searches used the terms "Pseudomonas" + "Keratitis" limit to "2007-2012", and ["Ulcerative" or "Microbial"] + "Keratitis" + "Contact lenses" limit to "2007-2012". These articles were then reviewed for information on ...

BACKGROUND The sensitivity and specificity of 18S rRNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the detection of fungal aetiology of microbial keratitis was determined in thirty patients with clinical diagnosis of microbial keratitis. METHODS Corneal scrapings from patients were used for Gram stain, culture and PCR analysis. PCR was performed with primer pairs targeted to the 18S rRNA gene. The res...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the risk factors that may contribute to microbial keratitis in contact lens wearers. MATERIAL AND METHOD This prospective case-control study included 52 patients with contact lens related keratitis treated between 1 December 2006 and 15 October 2007 at the Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital. Controls were sixty-three contact lens users attending with disorders unrelat...

BACKGROUND Microbial keratitis is an infectious disease of the cornea characterised by inflammation and is considered an ophthalmic emergency requiring immediate attention. While a variety of pathogenic microbes associated with microbial keratitis have been identified, a comprehensive review identifying the diversity of species has not been completed. METHODS A search of peer-reviewed publica...