Fungal Keratitis: Emerging Trends and Treatment Outcomes

Abstract

Contact lenses are a major risk factor for fungal keratitis. The incidence of contact lens-related fungal keratitis was increasing even before the Fusarium outbreak in 2005 and 2006. Good visual outcomes can be achieved by aggressive dual topical antifungal therapy.

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“…Similar gender predilection was shown by Joanne W.Ho, et al, (2016); Xie L, et al, (2006); Iyer SA , et al (2006); Chowdhary A, et al (2005) and Bharathi MJ, et al (2003).…”

“…Corneal infections are one of the leading causes of ocular morbidity and blindness world-wide (Saha and Das, 2006;Iyer et al, 2006;Upadhyay et al, 1991;Srinivasan, 2004). Most of the pathogens cause ulceration of the cornea; which if not accurately diagnosed in time, may be devastating.…”

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