Highlights Older patients with COVID infection have a similar clinical course than younger subjects. Males have a greater COVID mortality than females. Worsening dyspnea and decline renal function during admission associate with death. Treatment with RAAS inhibitors associates with a greater survival.

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A patient with ocular pythiosis was successfully treated with penetrating keratoplasty and 2 months of treatment with intracameral and oral minocycline.

Corneal epithelium MUC5AC transcript detection by reverse dot blot PCR-strip is a highly sensitive technique for LSCD diagnosis. The test results strongly correlate with clinical diagnosis of characterized LSCD cases. The PCR-strip system may be used for early detection, and for the detection of mild cases of LSCD, and constitutes an objective clinical tool for the monitoring of treatments and surgical decisions.