Late Microbial Keratitis After Corneal Transplantation

Tseng, Sung-Huei; Ling, Kun-Cheng

doi:10.1097/00003226-199511000-00011

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“…Macular holes in proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) may present an unusual surgical challenge when associated with a macular tractional retinal detachment (TRD). 1 We successfully closed such a hole, presumed secondary to TRD, using standard pars plana vitrectomy and membrane peeling, without further intervention specifically addressing the macular hole.…”

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Nocardia keratitis in a corneal graft

Jain

Dua

Sridhar

et al. 2006

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“…Gram-positive cocci and Gram-negative bacilli are associated with majority of the infectious keratitis cases in corneal grafts. 1 Nocardia as a cause of graft infiltrate is very rare. Colomina et al 2 reported a case of Nocardia peripheral ulcer in a corneal graft patient.…”

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Nocardia keratitis in a corneal graft

Jain

Dua

Sridhar

et al. 2006

Eye

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“…Another patient with C. parapsilosis endophthalmitis underwent bilateral pars plana vitrectomy, total capsulectomy, intraocular lens exchange, intravitreal injection of amphotericin B, and oral fluconazole therapy in 1997 (294). C. parapsilosis has also caused crystalline keratopathy in a corneal graft (229), supportive stromal keratitis (31,233,272), and keratitis after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) (259).…”

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Candida parapsilosis, an Emerging Fungal Pathogen

2008

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SUMMARY Candida parapsilosis is an emerging major human pathogen that has dramatically increased in significance and prevalence over the past 2 decades, such that C. parapsilosis is now one of the leading causes of invasive candidal disease. Individuals at the highest risk for severe infection include neonates and patients in intensive care units. C. parapsilosis infections are especially associated with hyperalimentation solutions, prosthetic devices, and indwelling catheters, as well as the nosocomial spread of disease through the hands of health care workers. Factors involved in disease pathogenesis include the secretion of hydrolytic enzymes, adhesion to prosthetics, and biofilm formation. New molecular genetic tools are providing additional and much-needed information regarding C. parapsilosis virulence. The emerging information will provide a deeper understanding of C. parapsilosis pathogenesis and facilitate the development of new therapeutic approaches for treating C. parapsilosis infections.

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“…Prolonged administration of topical corticosteroids, prophylactic antibiotics and contact lenses, considered as risk factors for development of epithelial defects and ulcers [5,10,11,16], were not employed routinely in our patients. Prolonged topical corticosteroids were employed only in heavily vascularized regrafts, and were not found to be a risk factor for epithelial defects and ulcers in our series.…”

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“…In contrast to epithelial defects, corneal graft ulcers have been studied after primary corneal transplantation, but not in repeated transplantation [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. Repeated corneal grafts represent a group with high risk for failure compared with primary grafts.…”

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