Considering the vitreous tap as the gold standard, aqueous sample culture results showed a statistically significant high specificity and positive predictive values in cases of postsurgical ...

Shares of Krystal Biotech KRYS gained 3.9% yesterday after the company announced that it had dosed the first patient in a ...

With the increase in CL use, the impact of MK on eye health has become increasingly relevant. Risk factors for CL-associated microbial keratitis (CLMK) include overnight use of CLs, a higher number of ...

A new study demonstrates that handheld nanopore sequencers can rapidly identify eye infection pathogens using only a ...

Researchers have identified microscopic patterns on plastic surfaces that significantly hinder bacterial colonization, opening new possibilities for infection-resistant medical devices. These surface ...

Wearing contact lenses overnight and failing to change the case can increase your risk for infectious keratitis by 10-fold, warns a new study.

A major limitation of this study was that data of only one center were used and cases were only fungal or bacterial keratitis. Table 2 is a comparison between different diagnostic methods.

Developing an effective strategy to mitigate the excessive production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) caused by diverse factors is crucial for preventing ocular surface diseases. However, due to the ...

Light-based treatment offers new hope for a blinding eye infection The researchers utilised the power of light and a dye named Rose Bengal to develop a unique treatment for Acanthamoeba keratitis ...