Clinical features and confocal microscopic imaging characteristics of 466 cases with infectious keratitis
AIM: To observe the role of confocal microscopy in infectious keratitis management. <p>METHODS:Totally 466 patients(467 eyes)diagnosed as infectious keratitis from January 2010 to December 2013 were retrospectively studied. the corneas were examined early by <i>in vivo</i> confocal...
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| description | AIM: To observe the role of confocal microscopy in infectious keratitis management. <p>METHODS:Totally 466 patients(467 eyes)diagnosed as infectious keratitis from January 2010 to December 2013 were retrospectively studied. the corneas were examined early by <i>in vivo</i> confocal microscopy. The characteristics of their images and clinical features were studied and summarized.<p>RESULTS:All patients were recorded, the average age was 54.4±13.0 years, in which 264 cases(56.7%)were male, and 202 cases(43.3%)were female. In the 466 patients, 190(40.8%)were fungal keratitis, 148(31.8%)were viral keratitis, 125(26.8%)were bacterial keratitis and 3(0.6%)were acanthamoeba keratitis. There were fungal hyphae in the images of fungal keratitis. Amebic cysts were found in acanthamoeba keratitis. <p>CONCLUSION:Confocal microscope can help the early diagnose and treatment of infectious keratitis. It is a noninvasive imaging technique that provides high resolution images of ocular structures at a cellular level and infectious keratitis represents one of its most important clinical uses. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-76d368806a8e480da6aff37655b1a70e2022-12-21T20:33:56ZengPress of International Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO PRESS)Guoji Yanke Zazhi1672-51231672-51232014-10-0114101825182710.3980/j.issn.1672-5123.2014.10.23Clinical features and confocal microscopic imaging characteristics of 466 cases with infectious keratitisHui Xiao0De-Yan Zhang1Zhong-Yi Fan2Department of Ophthalmology, the No.463 Hospital of Chinese PLA, Shenyang 110042, Liaoning Province, ChinaDepartment of Ophthalmology, the No.463 Hospital of Chinese PLA, Shenyang 110042, Liaoning Province, ChinaDepartment of Ophthalmology, the No.463 Hospital of Chinese PLA, Shenyang 110042, Liaoning Province, ChinaAIM: To observe the role of confocal microscopy in infectious keratitis management. <p>METHODS:Totally 466 patients(467 eyes)diagnosed as infectious keratitis from January 2010 to December 2013 were retrospectively studied. the corneas were examined early by <i>in vivo</i> confocal microscopy. The characteristics of their images and clinical features were studied and summarized.<p>RESULTS:All patients were recorded, the average age was 54.4±13.0 years, in which 264 cases(56.7%)were male, and 202 cases(43.3%)were female. In the 466 patients, 190(40.8%)were fungal keratitis, 148(31.8%)were viral keratitis, 125(26.8%)were bacterial keratitis and 3(0.6%)were acanthamoeba keratitis. There were fungal hyphae in the images of fungal keratitis. Amebic cysts were found in acanthamoeba keratitis. <p>CONCLUSION:Confocal microscope can help the early diagnose and treatment of infectious keratitis. It is a noninvasive imaging technique that provides high resolution images of ocular structures at a cellular level and infectious keratitis represents one of its most important clinical uses.http://www.ies.net.cn/cn_publish/2014/10/201410023.pdfconfocal microscopykeratitisfungibacteriavirusesacanthamoeba |
| spellingShingle | Hui Xiao De-Yan Zhang Zhong-Yi Fan Clinical features and confocal microscopic imaging characteristics of 466 cases with infectious keratitis Guoji Yanke Zazhi confocal microscopy keratitis fungi bacteria viruses acanthamoeba |
| title | Clinical features and confocal microscopic imaging characteristics of 466 cases with infectious keratitis |
| title_full | Clinical features and confocal microscopic imaging characteristics of 466 cases with infectious keratitis |
| title_fullStr | Clinical features and confocal microscopic imaging characteristics of 466 cases with infectious keratitis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clinical features and confocal microscopic imaging characteristics of 466 cases with infectious keratitis |
| title_short | Clinical features and confocal microscopic imaging characteristics of 466 cases with infectious keratitis |
| title_sort | clinical features and confocal microscopic imaging characteristics of 466 cases with infectious keratitis |
| topic | confocal microscopy keratitis fungi bacteria viruses acanthamoeba |
| url | http://www.ies.net.cn/cn_publish/2014/10/201410023.pdf |
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