Ocular infections can be medical emergencies that result in permanent visual impairment or
blindness and loss of quality of life. Bacteria are a major cause of ocular infections. Effective …

Background Bacteria are the major contributor of ocular infections worldwide. Ocular
infections, if left untreated, can damage the structures of the eye with possible blindness and …

Purpose Ocular bacterial infections are important causes of morbidity and vision loss. Early
antimicrobial therapy is necessary to save vision, but their efficacy is increasingly …

Specific therapy of ocular infections often requires etiological diagnosis that is a combined
effect of observation of characteristic clinical features and microbiological investigations …

PROGRESS IN MICROBIOLOGY HAS ALWAYS BEEN driven by technological advances.
van Leeuwenhoek, the great seventeenth-century pioneer of microscopy, was the first to …

Bacterial keratitis and endophthalmitis are serious disorders which can result in partial or
total loss of vision. The epidemiology, common aetiopathogens, clinical features, diagnostic …

In this article, common ocular bacterial infections are reviewed, examining bacterial
pathogens, antibiotics and antibacterial resistant trends in light of current and future …

Purpose: To review the microbiological spectrum and antibiotic sensitivities of the pathogens
that cause culture-proven endophthalmitis and to understand the status and trends of …

PURPOSE: To report demographics, organism occurrence, and in vitro resistance trends for
patients presenting with bacterial conjunctivitis at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami …

Background: Bacteria are microbial agents that frequently cause infections of the eye and
possible loss of vision. Method: The common isolates were studied in 298 bacterial …