Microbial keratitis treatment with combined levofloxacin and cefmenoxime shows antibacterial effects for bacteria resistant to either drug.

SIFI, a leading international ophthalmic company, announced that is has received a Notice of Allowance from the European Patent Office ...

The European Commission has approved SIFI's Akantior as the first therapy anywhere in the world for acanthamoeba keratitis (AK), an ultra-rare parasitic infection that can lead to blindness.

The most frequent causes of microbial keratitis are bacterial, fungal, viral and parasitic (acanthamoeba). Historically, fungal keratitis was thought to be a suppurative corneal lesion with one or ...

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Our corneas are the clear, curved, outermost layer of the eye that covers our pupil and iris, and when this gets infected, keratitis (swelling) happens. It can be caused by an infection (bacterial, ...

Mihalik noted that she would never use tap water to rinse contact lenses. “There is a high risk of developing microbial keratitis, otherwise known as a corneal ulcer, that can lead to permanent ...

Nondermatologic lesions, such as ocular damage (alkali keratitis, corneal abrasions), ear lesions, bone fractures, and contusive damage can also be caused by air bag deployment. Air bags are nylon ...

and PV-305 for the treatment of infectious keratitis. It is also developing oral formulations for adult solid tumor cancers, as well as refractory and relapsed pediatric, and other blood cancers ...

National nonprofit Prevent Blindness provides free resources, including fact sheets, social media graphics, and webpages, on ways to use contact lenses correctly and safely.

Veterinary ophthalmologists refer to canine eye mucus as "ocular discharge." It is a viscous fluid produced by the lacrimal ...

Maximum benefit is obtained if prophylaxis is started within 18 hours after injury. Treatment of microbial keratitis is difficult for a variety of reasons. When the presentation to the physician is ...