Swati Vasu

• Lakehead University

Ocular nocardiosis is an opportunistic infection and is believed to be a rare entity. We describe a rare case report of a patient with culture-positive Nocardia asteroides canaliculitis who presented with complaints of watering, purulent discharge and painful swelling of left lower eye lid. A purulent tenacious material was expressed from the punct...

To study the epidemiological characteristics and laboratory diagnosis of fungal keratitis seen at a tertiary eye care referral centre in South India. A retrospective review of all culture-proven fungal keratitis seen over a 3-year period, September 1999 through August 2002. Fungal aetiology were confirmed in 1095 (34.4%) of 3183 corneal ulcers. The...

To determine the risk factors, microbiological features, clinical features and other epidemiological characteristics of Nocardia keratitis seen at a tertiary eye care centre in south India. We evaluated 31 patients with Nocardia keratitis seen over two years, from September 1999 to September 2001. Corneal scrapings were subjected to microscopy and...

To study the epidemiological characteristics of bacterial keratitis seen at a tertiary eye care referral centre in south India. A retrospective review of medical records of all culture-positive bacterial keratitis which were seen over a 3 years period, from September 1999 through August 2002 was performed. After clinical evaluation corneal scraping...

To analyse the in-vitro efficacy of commonly used antibacterials against bacterial pathogens from corneal ulcers. We evaluated 596 patients seen over 18 months, period, September 1999 through March 2001. Corneal scrapings were subjected to microscopy and cultures using standard protocols. Antibacterial susceptibility of isolated bacteria were deter...

Purpose: To identify the specific microbial pathogens responsible for corneal ulceration in South India and compare these profiles with other series. Methods: All patients with infectious keratitis who presented between 20th September 1999 and 31st March 2001 were evaluated. They were examined by slit-lamp biomicroscopy and corneal scrapings wer...