The most frequent causes of microbial keratitis are bacterial, fungal, viral and parasitic (acanthamoeba). Historically, fungal keratitis was thought to be a suppurative corneal lesion with one or ...

Lead researcher Lottie Brown from the University of Manchester today publishes the first estimation of global fungal keratitis figures in Lancet Infectious Diseases. Infection of the transparent ...

Fungal contamination in eye drops can lead to fungal keratitis, a severe infection of the cornea that can cause vision loss ...

Fungal contamination in eye drops can lead to fungal keratitis, a severe infection of the cornea that can cause vision loss or blindness due to scarring and corneal damage. In the most extreme ...

Guillermo Amescua He reported seeing an increasing number of keratitis cases, more fungal infections and more aggressive organisms in recent years. “We see about 1,000 corneal ulcers every year.

in patients with severe fungal, bacterial or acanthamoeba keratitis. There was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of eradication of infection (84 vs 86% (p = 0.74).