Abstract | PURPOSE: To determine risk factors and clinical signs that may differentiate between bacterial, fungal, and acanthamoeba keratitis among patients presenting with presumed infectious keratitis. DESIGN: Hospital-based cross-sectional study. METHODS: We examined the medical records of 115 patients with laboratory-proven bacterial keratitis, 115 patients with laboratory-proven fungal keratitis, and 115 patients with laboratory-proven acanthamoeba keratitis seen at Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, India, from 2006-2011. Risk factors and clinical features of the 3 organisms were compared using multinomial logistic regression. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Jeena Mascarenhas, Prajna Lalitha, N Venkatesh Prajna, Muthiah Srinivasan, Manoranjan Das, Sean S D'Silva, Catherine E Oldenburg, Durga S Borkar, Elizabeth J Esterberg, Thomas M Lietman, Jeremy D Keenan |
Journal | American journal of ophthalmology
(Am J Ophthalmol)
Vol. 157
Issue 1
Pg. 56-62
(Jan 2014)
ISSN: 1879-1891 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 24200232
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
Topics |
- Acanthamoeba Keratitis
(diagnosis, etiology)
- Adult
- Bacteria
(isolation & purification)
- Corneal Ulcer
(diagnosis, microbiology, parasitology)
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Eye Infections, Bacterial
(diagnosis, etiology)
- Eye Infections, Fungal
(diagnosis, etiology)
- Female
- Fungi
(isolation & purification)
- Humans
- India
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Retrospective Studies
- Risk Factors
- Time Factors
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