Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus are the two dominant Gram-negative -positive species, respectively, isolated from patients with contact lens-related bacterial keratitis. The clinical features of keratitis vary, such that timely differential diagnosis can be challenging, which may cause a delay in resulting poorer outcome. This review aims to explore current understanding immuno...

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...

PURPOSE To describe a case of bilateral herpes simplex keratitis accompanying chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). DESIGN Observational case report. CASE REPORT An 11-year-old boy with myelocytic leukemia underwent allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. He developed symptoms of the skin, eyes, and mouth, and lip biopsy indicated chronic GVHD. Persistent keratitis with corneal filament...

Amoebiasis is a worldwide parasitic infection although it is more prevalent in the subtropical and tropical countries. Extraintestinal amoebic infections currently have been reported in increased numbers of male homosexuals and immunocompromised patients. Here, we present an interesting case of a 27-year-old homosexual man with pleural empyema secondary to rupture of amoebic liver abscess. Usin...

To the Editor, The Indian Medical Gazette Re: Article by Dr. H. Ghosh concerning the probable cause of the difficulty in treating chronic amoebic infection in your issue of January 1939. Sir,?I have not known a single uncomplicated case of chronic amoebic dysentery fail to respond to the emetine bismuth iodide and yatren lavage treatment laid down by Dr. Manson-Bahr. Those cases which relapsed ...

Two hundred and thirty six patients with amoebic liver abscess were investigated for cholestasis, its mechanism and the natural course of the disease. Cholestasis was seen in 29% of cases and it presented with some unusual features: it was frequently seen in young men (mean age 38.6 +/- 6.3 years) (87%) with acute onset (69%) and was associated with signs of peritonism, or peritonitis (28%), sp...

purpose: to investigate confocal scan features of corneal subbasal nerve plexus and epithelial dendritic cells in herpes simplex keratitis (hsk) as compared to acanthamoeba keratitis (ak). methods: confocal scan records of patients with clinical and confocal microscopic features compatible with hsk and ak as well as confocal scan records of normal participants were reviewed. the density and mor...

purpose: to report two cases of bilateral bacterial keratitis as a sight-threatening complication following photorefractive keratectomy (prk) patients and findings: the first case was a 45-year-old man referred due to bilateral ocular pain and purulent discharge two days after bilateral prk. based on his clinical picture, smear and cultures from both corneal ulcers were taken with a diagnosis o...