When managing an irritated cornea, choosing among fortified antibiotics, oral antivirals, anti-inflammatories or combination ...

Wearing contact lenses the wrong way can harm your eyes. This may lead to infections like microbial keratitis, corneal ulcers ...

Media reports indicate Gerald Parker, DVM, PhD, will lead the White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy ...

AstraDx will receive $3 million to develop a test that detects and identifies pathogens and analyzes antimicrobial ...

The European Commission has approved SIFI's Akantior as the first therapy anywhere in the world for acanthamoeba keratitis (AK), an ultra-rare parasitic infection that can lead to blindness.

Methods: This was a prospective case series of seven eyes with fungal keratitis with anterior chamber involvement or a corneal ulcer refractory to conventional topical treatment. In addition to ...

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It has been predicted by the American Academy of Ophthalmology that over the next 30 years, there will be a sharp rise in ...

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The corneal tissue of the eye was taken for pathological analysis ... with corneal collagen crosslinking can significantly inhibit fungal keratitis caused by aspergillus infection and accelerate ulcer ...

such as dry eye or diabetes, severe abrasions, infections, or neurotrophic keratitis (nerve damage to your cornea) Overusing a topical anesthetic Having poor overall health Get medical help if you ...