[PDF] Top 20 Contact lens-associated microbial keratitis

... Purpose: Contact lens-associated microbial keratitis is a severe condition with sight-threatening potential and increasing ...with contact lens-associated ... See full document

... direct contact with the outdoors due to constantly open doors, and to an indoor lower dilution when compared with the outdoor environment ...microorganisms associated with PM ...influence microbial ... See full document

... Results: Lens use was discontinued in four eyes, and microbial keratitis developed in one eye during ...initial contact lens fitting was ...mean contact lens-corrected ... See full document

... Acremonium keratitis related to intermittent and alternating eye soft contact lens use, which has a delayed diagnose, presented amphotericin B resistance with persistent hypopyon and had a positive ... See full document

... The patient described herein used multipurpose solution for cleaning, disinfecting, and storing daily-wear soft contact lenses. The extended wear reported may have caused this case of microbial ... See full document

... infectious keratitis who had material collected for microbiological analysis, between the years 1975 and 2007 (32-year ...of microbial keratitis, 1,545 cases in the elderly were reviewed, which had a ... See full document

... factors associated with mycotic ocular infections, such as, use of corticosteroids or previous topic antibiotics, previous eye surgeries, direct eye trauma, use of topic or systemic immunosuppressants and also if ... See full document

... ocular lens offers a potential system for such approaches, as considerable knowledge exists about the cascade of transcription factors, signaling molecules and cell-cell interactions necessary for head surface ... See full document

... Results of this study indicate that within 180 days post-implantation, eyes with capsular tension ring alone and with capsular tension ring plus intraocular lens showed almost no posterior capsular opacities ... See full document

... We report the history and clinical presentation of an 88-year-old female with Fuchs dystrophy who developed an acute anterior necrotizing scleritis in her left eye 23 months after an uncomplicated combined penetrating ... See full document

... Patch testing with the North American Contact Dermatitis Group standard series was performed. The day 2 readings showed positive reac- tions to neomycin sulfate (þþ), Myroxylon pereirae (þ), bacitracin (þþ), ... See full document

... The module is associated with the dialog represented in Figure 21. The user is able to create and remove mathematical expressions, as well as name them. Mathematical expressions are strings inputted by the user ... See full document

... Ocular prosthesis (OP) is an artificial replacement for the bulb of the eye and has the goal of reestablishing facial esthetics while maintaining the form of the anophthalmic cavity (AC), preserving the palpebral muscle ... See full document

... NY) contact lenses for the first ...pupil contact lens was manufactured from a silicone hydrogel material with two base curve radii ...14.00-mm lens diameter. The lens design included a ... See full document

... The adherence of Listeria inoccua L6a and Staphylococcus aureus ATCC6538 was evaluated on stainless steel (SS), polycarbonate (PC) and polypropylene (PP) chips. The EP results showed a significant difference (p<0.05) ... See full document

... non-canonical lens shapes were obtained after proper design and/or ...the lens into an array of sensors (or detectors) at the other side of the lens (Filipovic ...hemispherical lens is used ... See full document

... that microbial function is largely a community dynamic ...of microbial interactions in the environment as a whole, and within plants in particular, is based Figure ...3. Microbial cells observed on ... See full document

... of microbial community data alongside water quality parameters could therefore improve our ability to predict the likelihood of ecosys- tem ...Hence, microbial mon- itoring could help inform managers about ... See full document

... of microbial translocation from the gut, is a likely cause of systemic immune activation in chronic HIV ...are associated with increased monocyte activation and HAD, we obtained peripheral blood samples ... See full document

... for microbial removal of atrazine The technique of bioaugmentation, that is, addition of natural microbial strains or genetically engineered variants to decontaminate polluted soil, is a strategy often ... See full document