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The global fungal keratitis treatment market is on a robust growth trajectory, with projections indicating a rise from USD ...

Fungal contamination in eye drops can lead to fungal keratitis, a severe infection of the cornea that can cause vision loss or blindness due to scarring and corneal damage. In the most extreme ...

Lead researcher Lottie Brown from the University of Manchester today publishes the first estimation of global fungal keratitis figures in Lancet Infectious Diseases. Infection of the transparent ...

Confocal microscopy is a specialized test, which may aid in the early diagnosis of fungal, Acanthamoeba or Nocardia infection. PCR for microbial keratitis is a promising technique and offers a ...

One notable study compared PACK-CXL with standard antimicrobial therapy in a randomized trial involving patients with bacterial, fungal, or mixed infectious keratitis. The results indicated that ...

in patients with severe fungal, bacterial or acanthamoeba keratitis. There was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of eradication of infection (84 vs 86% (p = 0.74).

Neurotrophic keratitis is historically a rare disease, but now that more understanding has been gained of the underlying etiology and manifestations, its prevalence is starting to increase ...