scholarly journals Clinical Characteristics ofAlternariaKeratitis

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ching-Hsi Hsiao ◽  
Lung-Kun Yeh ◽  
Hung-Chi Chen ◽  
Hsin-Chiung Lin ◽  
Phil Y. F. Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Early Diagnosis ◽  
Medical Treatment ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Contact Lenses ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Antimicrobial Treatment ◽  
Soft Contact ◽  
Ocular Surgery ◽  
Soft Contact Lenses

Purpose.Alternariaspp. are an uncommon cause of mycotic keratitis. Previous studies onAlternariakeratitis have generally been limited to case reports. We examined the clinical characteristics ofAlternariakeratitis in this study.Methods.The characteristics and outcomes of 7 patients with culture-provenAlternariakeratitis treated in our hospital were compared with 25 previously reported cases.Results.The risk factors forAlternariakeratitis were trauma in 5 patients and soft contact lenses in 1 patient. Six patients with early diagnosis (<2 weeks) were cured with medical antimicrobial treatment; a patch graft was required in 1 patient with perforation. When incorporated with previous reports onAlternariakeratitis(n=32), 14 (44%) infections followed trauma, 10 (31%) were associated with preexisting corneal disease or previous ocular surgery, and 5 (16%) occurred in soft contact lens wearers. Successful medical treatment was achieved in 23 (72%) patients, including 10 out of 21 eyes (48%) treated with natamycin and/or amphotericin B. Therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty was performed in 9 (28%) cases.Conclusions.Alternariakeratitis is generally associated with specific risk factors and responds to medical treatment when early diagnosis is performed and prompt antifungal treatment is initiated.

scholarly journals Custom contact lenses and cornea-scleral contact lenses from irregular astigmatism

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-43
Author(s):  
Pérez Silguero D ◽  
Encinas Pisa P ◽  
Bermal Blasco I ◽  
Pérez Silguero MA ◽  
Perez Silguero D ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Visual Acuity ◽  
Contact Lenses ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Eye Care ◽  
Soft Contact ◽  
Soft Contact Lenses ◽  
Visual Problems ◽  
Irregular Astigmatism

Objective: To show the improvement of visual acuity in five clinical cases of irregular astigmatism, achieved with contact lenses of different materials and geometries. Case reports: Five case reports are exposed and their adaptations for the use of this type of lenses are evaluated. After inserting corneo-scleral lenses or soft contact lenses, each adaptation is evaluated. Results: All patients have improved meaningfully their visual acuity without affecting their corneal integrity and improving their quality of life. Conclusion: Advances in the design and materials of contact lenses have helped eye-care professionals to solve visual problems that would have been difficult to solve years ago. Keywords: irregular astigmatism, keratoconus, keratoplasty, custom contact lenses, cornea-scleral contact lenses

Peculiarities of cultivation of the monolayer of fetal fibroblasts on the soft contact lenses, with contain the collagen

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 46-50
Author(s):  
N. Pasechnikova ◽  
◽  
G. Drozhzhina ◽  
O. Ivanova ◽  
I. Nasinnik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Contact Lenses ◽  
Soft Contact ◽  
Soft Contact Lenses ◽  
Fetal Fibroblasts

Modification of therapeutic silicone-hydrogel soft contact lenses

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 117-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.N. Safonova ◽  
◽  
I.A. Novikov ◽  
V.I. Boev ◽  
O.V. Gladkova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Contact Lenses ◽  
Soft Contact ◽  
Silicone Hydrogel ◽  
Soft Contact Lenses

scholarly journals Myopia Control with Combination Low-Dose Atropine and Peripheral Defocus Soft Contact Lenses: A Case Series

2021 ◽  
pp. 548-554
Author(s):  
Nir Erdinest ◽  
Naomi London ◽  
Nadav Levinger ◽  
Yair Morad
Keyword(s):  
Low Dose ◽  
Contact Lenses ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Concentric Circle ◽  
Retrospective Case ◽  
Soft Contact ◽  
Myopia Progression ◽  
Soft Contact Lenses ◽  
Center Distance ◽  
Myopia Control

The goal of this retrospective case series is to demonstrate the effectivity of combination low-dose atropine therapy with peripheral defocus, double concentric circle design with a center distance soft contact lenses at controlling myopia progression over 1 year of treatment. Included in this series are 3 female children aged 8–10 years with progressing myopia averaging −4.37 ± 0.88 D at the beginning of treatment. Their average annual myopic progression during the 3 years prior to therapy was 1.12 ± 0.75 D. They had not attempted any myopia control treatments prior to this therapy. The children were treated with a combination of 0.01% atropine therapy with spherical peripheral defocus daily replacement soft lenses MiSight<sup>®</sup> 1 day (Cooper Vision, Phoenix, AZ, USA). They underwent cycloplegic refraction, and a slit-lamp evaluation every 6 months which confirmed no adverse reactions or staining was present. Each of the 3 children exhibited an average of 0.25 ± 0.25 D of myopia progression at the end of 1 year of treatment. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first published study exhibiting that combining low-dose atropine and peripheral defocus soft contact lenses is effective at controlling children’s moderate to severe myopia progression during 1 year of therapy.

Six-month evaluation of extended wear soft contact lenses among armor troops: Part I, clinical findings

1989 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 162-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
William G. Bachman ◽  
Bruce C. Leibrecht ◽  
John K. Crosley ◽  
Dudley R. Price ◽  
Patrick M. Leas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Contact Lenses ◽  
Clinical Findings ◽  
Soft Contact ◽  
Soft Contact Lenses
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