JP Whitcher, M Srinivasan, MP … - Bulletin of the World …, 2001 - SciELO Public Health Diseases affecting the cornea are a major cause of blindness worldwide, second only to cataract in
overall importance. The epidemiology of corneal blindness is complicated and encompasses a wide
variety of infectious and ... Cited by 191 - Related articles - Cached - BL Direct - All 14 versions
S Sharma, P Garg, GN Rao - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2000 - bjo.bmj.com RESULTS A majority of the patients presented with poor visual acuity and large corneal stromal
infiltrates (mean size 38.20 (SD 26.18) mm). A predisposing factor was elicited in 19/39 (48.7%)
patients (trauma 15, dirty water ... Cited by 59 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
AI Miedziak, MR Miller, CJ Rapuano, PR Laibson, EJ … - Ophthalmology, 1999 - Elsevier To determine the characteristics of infectious corneal ulcers at the time of presentation to the
cornea specialist associated with a favorable response to medical therapy versus a poor outcome
manifested by the need for ... Cited by 55 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
MP Upadhyay, PC Karmacharya, S Koirala, DN … - British Journal of …, 2001 - bjo.bmj.com METHODS A defined population of 34 902 individuals was closely followed prospectively for 2 years by
81 primary eye care workers who referred all cases of ocular trauma and/or infection to one of the
three local secondary eye study ... Cited by 47 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►iovs.org S Khatri, JH Lass, FP Heinzel, WM Petroll, J Gomez, … - … ophthalmology & visual …, 2002 - ARVO 1 From the Departments of Medicine and 2 Ophthalmology, Case Western Reserve University and the
Research Institute of University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio; the 3 Department of
Ophthalmology, Southwestern Medical ... Cited by 48 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
PA Gaudio, U Gopinathan, V Sangwan, TE … - British Journal of …, 2002 - bjo.bmj.com Results: PCR and fungal culture results matched (were both positive or both negative for fungi) in
22 (74%) of 30 scrapings from infected corneas. Three (10%) of 30 samples were PCR positive but
fungal culture negative; two of ... Cited by 41 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
S Sharma, S Gopalakrishnan, MK Aasuri, P Garg, GN … - Ophthalmology, 2003 - Elsevier To review the microbiologic profile, clinical course, treatment, and outcome in patients with
contact lens–associated microbial keratitis in the setting of a tertiary eye care center in a
developing country in the Tropics. Cited by 31 - Related articles - All 11 versions
SE Ti, JA Scott, P Janardhanan, DTH Tan - American Journal of Ophthalmology, 2007 - Elsevier Pseudomonas aeruginosa (58.7%) and Fusarium species (32.3%) were the predominant organisms for
bacterial and fungal keratitis, respectively. Keratoplasty types included penetrating keratoplasty
(PK; n = 80) and lamellar ... Cited by 23 - Related articles - All 14 versions
CL Moser, M Martin-Baranera, F Vega, V Draper, … - British Journal of …, 2002 - bjo.bmj.com Methods: Random sampling was applied, proportionally to population distribution into urban or rural
areas. All the subjects underwent a basic eye examination by trained nurses. In the presence of any
ocular affection or a visual acuity ... Cited by 14 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
