Mycotic Keratitis in a Tertiary Hospital in Northeastern Malaysia
Adult
Aged
Cornea
/ diagnostic imaging
Eye Infections, Fungal
/ diagnosis
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Fungi
/ isolation & purification
Humans
Incidence
Keratitis
/ diagnosis
Malaysia
/ epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Tertiary Care Centers
/ statistics & numerical data
Visual Acuity
Young Adult
Fusarium
Keratitis
fungi
Journal
Turkish journal of ophthalmology
ISSN: 2149-8709
Titre abrégé: Turk J Ophthalmol
Pays: Turkey
ID NLM: 101686048
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
29 12 2020
29 12 2020
Historique:
entrez:
4
1
2021
pubmed:
5
1
2021
medline:
2
9
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To identify the clinical profile, etiology, and outcome of culture-positive mycotic keratitis in a tertiary referral centre in the Northeastern part of Malaysia. A retrospective review of all patients with culture-positive mycotic keratitis in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia over a 3-year period, from January 2015 to December 2017. This study included 27 eyes of 27 patients treated for mycotic keratitis based on a positive fungal culture. The most common predisposing factor was ocular trauma, in 22 patients (81.5%). Eleven patients (40.7%) had a presenting visual acuity worse than 6/60, due to central ulcer involvement. Approximately half of these (6 patients) experienced visual improvement post-treatment. Mycotic keratitis occurred mainly in males and secondary to ocular trauma. The most common organism isolated was
Identifiants
pubmed: 33389932
doi: 10.4274/tjo.galenos.2020.57609
pmc: PMC7802097
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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