the objectives of this study were to define the clinical risk factors, microbiological spectrum, and visual outcome of bacterial keratitis at shahid sadoughi hospital (yazd, iran). a crosssectional prospective study, identified 80 cases of microbial keratitis from march 1999 to march 2001. inclusion criteria were presence of corneal stromal infiltrate in slit lamp examination, and microbiologic...

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...

OBJECTIVE To identify the different microbial pathogens in infective corneal ulcers. STUDY DESIGN Observational study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Ophthalmology Unit I, Eye Hospital, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Hyderabad, Sindh, from April 2006 to September 2008. METHODOLOGY Patients above 15 years of age with suspected infective corneal ulcers were st...

Demand for rigid gas permeable contact lens has increased recently. Many complications including microbial keratitis and corneal neovascularization can be induced by inappropriate management poor hygiene. Despite of the initial education proper management, actual compliance adherence to guideline is significantly low. We reviewed improve hygiene solutions cleaning conditioning lens.