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Post-laser in situ keratomileusis interface Arthrographis kalrae keratitis

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 83 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT We describe a case of keratomycosis caused by Arthographis kalrae after excimer laser keratomileusis. A 38-year-old female developed stromal keratitis eight weeks after refractive surgery. She developed severe corneal stromal infiltration and mild anterior segment inflammation, which could not b...

Infectious keratitis in southern Brazil: a comparison culture negative and culture positive patients

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 79 (1), 2020
Abstract Purpose: To compare clinical-epidemiological profile and treatment outcome between culture negative and culture positive keratitis patients. Methods: Patients with suspected infectious keratitis seen at two ophthalmic hospitals in Curitiba, Brazil, between June 2014 and April 2016, were prospe...

Estudo epidemiológico das queratites infeciosas internadas num centro hospitalar terciário - revisão de 5 anos

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 78 (6), 2019
Resumo Objetivo: A queratite infeciosa é uma doença de incidência relativamente elevada e é responsável por um número importante de internamentos. Neste estudo pretende-se estudar diversas características epidemiológicas e clínicas associadas às queratites infeciosas de alto risco num hospital...

Correlation between pathogenic species and clinical findings, disease severity, and visual outcome in patients with fungal keratitis

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 82 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT Purpose: To determine whether a correlation exists between pathogenic species and clinical findings, disease severity, and visual outcome in patients with keratitis and fungal growth in microbiological culture. Methods: A retrospective study of patients with fungal growth in the microbiologi...

Natamicina versus voriconazol para queratitis fúngica

Medwave; 18 (8), 2018
INTRODUCCIÓN: La queratitis infecciosa de origen fúngico afecta principalmente a personas de países tropicales y subtropicales, y constituye una importante causa de ceguera prevenible. Los antifúngicos tópicos, en particular la natamicina y el voriconazol, se consideran efectivos, pero no está clar...

Contact lens-related bilateral and simultaneous Acremonium keratitis

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 76 (4), 2017
Abstract This is a case of bilateral and simultaneous Acremonium keratitis related to intermittent and alternating eye soft contact lens use, which has a delayed diagnose, presented amphotericin B resistance with persistent hypopyon and had a positive response to topical natamycin. Besides the unusual pr...

Epidemiologia de ceratites fúngicas tratadas com ceratoplastia penetrante através de achados histopatológicos

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 75 (3), 2016
RESUMO Objetivo: Estudar, através do exame histopatológico, a epidemiologia de ceratites fúngicas tratadas com ceratoplastia penetrante terapêutica, enfatizando a presença de cirurgia ocular prévia. Métodos: Inicialmente, o estudo foi observacional e transversal de botões corneanos provenientes...

Correlação clínico-patológica em ceratites fúngicas e uma possível evidência de infecção oportunista: relato de dois casos

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 75 (2), 2016
RESUMO Os autores relatam dois casos de ceratite fúngica, que apresentam em comum no exame histopatológico: a ausência de epitélio, sem ulceração e a integridade da camada de Bowman com a presença de formas fúngicas no seu interior. São sugeridos prováveis mecanismos de recidiva das ceratites f...

Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome and possibly causing cortical cataract

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 73 (3), 2014
According to the World Health Organization, cataract is the leading cause of blindness and visual impairment throughout the world. However, the etiology of cataracts often remains unknown. This report describes the development of cortical cataract in a patient after Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome cau...