Keratitis - Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment | BMJ Best Practice
WEBNov 21, 2023 · Keratitis is an ocular emergency and remains one of the major causes of blindness around the world. Main risk factors include corneal trauma, contact lens wear, and breakdown of the corneal epithelium. The diagnosis depends on a careful history, slit-lamp examination, and corneal scraping cultures. Treatment consists of topical antimicrobial ...
Keratitis - Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment | BMJ Best Practice US
WEBNov 21, 2023 · Keratitis is an ocular emergency and remains one of the major causes of blindness around the world. Main risk factors include corneal trauma, contact lens wear, and breakdown of the corneal epithelium. The diagnosis depends on a careful history, slit-lamp examination, and corneal scraping cultures. Treatment consists of topical antimicrobial ...
Thygeson's Superficial Punctate Keratitis - University of Iowa
WEBApr 12, 2003 · The keratitis usually improves with low-dose topical corticosteroids (0.12% prednisone or equivalent 2 to 3 times per day for a few days up to 2 weeks as recommended by Arffa, p. 323. Leibowitz et al., recommend that acute episodes be treated aggressively with topical steroids and then tapered and discontinued over a …
Herpes Simplex Keratitis: - University of Iowa
WEBDec 31, 2012 · HSV stromal keratitis is associated with the highest and most severe morbidity of any ocular herpetic disease.[1-4] Although this condition frequently follows previous HSV epithelial keratitis, it can be the initial presentation of ocular herpetic disease. The vast majority of cases are an immune stromal keratitis (ISK), which involves the ...
Atlas Entry - Herpes simplex virus (HSV) disciform keratitis
WEBPhotographer: Brice Critser, CRA. Herpetic disciform keratitis is a primary endotheliitis resulting in both stromal and epithelial edema in a round (disciform) distribution with keratic precipitates underlying the area of edema. The corneal edema and keratic precipitates appear to be out of proportion to the degree of anterior chamber ...
Atlas Entry - Acanthamoeba keratitis - University of Iowa
WEBAcanthamoeba keratitis is a rare parasitic infection of the cornea that primarily occurs in contact lens wearers. The infection may be limited to the epithelium in its early stages, resulting in epithelial dendrites and punctate epitheliopathy. Later stromal involvement classically results in a partial or complete paracentral ring infiltrate ...
Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis (PUK) - University of Iowa
WEBAug 23, 2014 · Peripheral ulcerative keratitis (PUK) is an inflammatory corneal condition estimated to affect 3 persons per million per year (1). It predominantly affects older individuals and does not have a significant gender predilection (2,3,4). The condition may be triggered by surgical or non-surgical trauma, or may arise spontaneously (3).
Atlas Entry - Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) epithelial keratitis
WEBPhotographer: Cindy Montague, CRA. Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is a Herpes virus responsible for chicken pox and shingles. With corneal epithelial involvement, the virus can cause punctate or dendritic epithelial keratitis. The pseudodendrites caused by VZV can be differentiated clinically from "true" dendrites caused by Herpes simplex virus ...
Phlyctenular Keratoconjunctivitis: - University of Iowa
WEBFeb 27, 2009 · Most often, phlyctenulosis is a corneal sequelae of chronic Staphylococcal blepharitis, a disorder that often presents in the clinic as chronic conjunctivitis or keratitis characterized by punctate epithelial keratopathy, and/or marginal corneal infiltrates (Table 2). When present, symptoms of PKC depend upon the location of the lesion.
Corneal Marginal Ulcer - University of Iowa
WEBMar 15, 2017 · Staphylococcal Marginal Keratitis/Ulcer. Peripheral curvilinear infiltrates in superficial cornea often where the lids cross the corneal periphery associated with loss of corneal epithelium; ulcerations in the marginal zone separated from the limbus by a clear corneal zone. Often associated with blepharitis.