2011
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492011000100002
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Epidemiology and medical prediction of microbial keratitis in southeast Brazil

Abstract: Medical judgment of microbial keratitis agent is possible based on clinical and epidemiological data, but it is more difficult for fungal infection. Thus, such data cannot be the only basis for the diagnosis of suspected microbial keratitis, but oriented clinical suspicion based on these data may be beneficial for guiding antimicrobial treatment and earlier therapy.

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“…(6) . Em um estudo de Ribeirão Preto (SP), Ibrahim et al observaram aumento de casos de ceratites infecciosas, principalmente fúngicas entre os meses de maio e novembro, o que também coincide com o período de colheitas na região (13) . Não foi possível em nosso estudo estabelecer nenhum padrão de sazonalidade das ceratites infecciosas estudadas.…”
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“…(6) . Em um estudo de Ribeirão Preto (SP), Ibrahim et al observaram aumento de casos de ceratites infecciosas, principalmente fúngicas entre os meses de maio e novembro, o que também coincide com o período de colheitas na região (13) . Não foi possível em nosso estudo estabelecer nenhum padrão de sazonalidade das ceratites infecciosas estudadas.…”
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“…In a study of microbial keratitis in the elderly, there was an increase in the importance of the factor associated to previous eye surgery and an decrease of the factor ocular trauma, which is consistent with our finding of a higher average age in patients who had previous surgery (26) . In a retrospective analysis of microbial keratitis in southeastern Brazil, however, there was a more frequent corneal trauma in cases of fungal keratitis than in cases of bacterial keratitis; and the coexistence of systemic diseases, eye diseases and previous ocular surgery were more frequent in bacterial keratitis (21) . This last quote may also be what happens in our service, and was not demonstrated in this study because we focus only on cases of fungal keratitis.…”
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“…The key element for the diagnosis of mycotic keratitis is the clinical suspicion (18) . The clinical presumption of the agent for microbial keratitis is possible based on clinical and epidemiological data, and the clinical suspicion based on these data may be beneficial to guide the antimicrobial treatment and early therapy (21) . Reports on etiological and epidemiological data of patients with fungal keratitis provide significant insights to the understanding of this potentially devastating corneal disease (11) , and a proper understanding of the agent and host factors involved in these infectious processes may improve the outcome of this condition (13) .…”
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“…A maior prevalência se deu em pacientes do sexo masculino com baixo grau de instrução e trabalhadores da zona rural, categorias tradicionalmente associadas à maior exposição a traumas. Além disso, o maior número de casos em indivíduos em idade produtiva acarreta maior impacto econômico às famílias desses indivíduos (13,14) . No Brasil 15% da população reside em zonas rurais.…”
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