… Microbial keratitis is a potentially blinding corneal infection, which occurs rarely in the …
Our understanding of prevention and prophylaxis of contact lens-related microbial keratitis has …

… pathogens, the most common agents responsible for keratitis include … microbial pathogenesis
include virulence factors as well as the host factors that aid in the progression of keratitis, …

… microbial keratitis on young adults. By examining a younger group, we were more likely to
isolate the effects of microbial keratitis … value to the study of microbial keratitis, a disease with …

… keratitis is higher in developing countries, compared with that in developed countries [3].
Compared with other infectious keratitis, fungal keratitis … from other pathogens in pathogenesis. …

… prevention, most of the data regarding keratitis is from individual publications.1 Bacterial
keratitis is … The pattern of microbial keratitis varies with geographic region and according to the …

… Prevention or reduction of biofilms and adherent organisms … article relating to the pathogenesis
of microbial keratitis. We agree … in our efforts to reduce the incidence of microbial keratitis. …

… infection (prophylaxis). We would suggest that initial therapy in microbial keratitis may be …
agar plates are likely to be genuine pathogenic isolates, particularly when associated with …

… play an important role in the pathogenesis of infection (including IK) and the contribution to
host inflammatory responses [64, 65]. Bacterial keratitis represents the most common type of …

… corneal infection, the major questions that need to be answered to develop effective
strategies for prevention and treatment of infectious keratitis include: what virulence factors do …

… Infectious keratitis is a major global cause of visual … Topical antibiotics remain the best
treatment for bacterial keratitis, and … oral valacyclovir for the prophylaxis of VZV keratitis (Table 2). …