Browsing by Subject "Eye infections, bacterial"
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Análise laboratorial das ceratites infecciosas secundárias à cirurgia refrativa
(Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia, 2005-06-01)PURPOSE: To describe the laboratory findings in patients with infectious keratitis, who underwent refractive surgery, correlating the surgical procedure and the time of infection manifestation, and the results of culture ...
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Características laboratoriais das ceratites e conjuntivites causadas por Streptococcus sp
(Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia, 2004-10-01)PURPOSE: To evaluate laboratorial findings of Streptococcus keratitis and conjunctivitis, analyzing the different species and the results of bacterial susceptibility to an antibiotics. METHODS: Retrospective study of the ...
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Contact lens-associated microbial keratitis
(Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia, 2008-12-01)PURPOSE: Contact lens-associated microbial keratitis is a severe condition with sight-threatening potential and increasing incidence. Information regarding the etiological agents is essential in guiding management and may ...
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Deep stromal mycobacterial keratitis: viable bacteria after six months of treatment: case report and literature review
(Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia, 2005-08-01)To report the presence of viable mycobacteria in a patient with keratitis treated for 6 months. Species identification was performed using the PRA method (polymerase chain reaction followed by restriction endonuclease ...
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Distribuição das ceratites infecciosas em hospital terciário no Brasil
(Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia, 2013-12-01)PURPOSE: To investigate the seasonality of infectious keratitis in a tertiary hospital in Brazil. METHODS: Charts from the Ocular Microbiology Laboratory of the Department of Ophthalmology of the Federal University of São ...
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Endoftalmites bacterianas com culturas positivas: uma revisão de 6 anos
(Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia, 2008-10-01)PURPOSE: To assess the distribution of microorganisms isolated from patients with bacterial endophthalmitis and their antimicrobial susceptibility. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of medical and microbiological records of ...
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Fluoroquinolone susceptibilities to methicillin-resistant and susceptible coagulase-negative Staphylococcus isolated from eye infection
(Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia, 2007-03-01)PURPOSE: To evaluate the fluoroquinolone susceptibilities of ocular isolate coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS), identified at the Microbiology Laboratory - UNIFESP. DESIGN: Experimental laboratory investigation. ...
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Microbial keratitis in the elderly: a 32-year review
(Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia, 2010-08-01)PURPOSE: To describe the demographic characteristics, associated factors and causative agents of infectious keratitis in the elderly in a tertiary referral center in São Paulo, Brazil. METHODS: A retrospective review of ...
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Molecular biology applied to the laboratory diagnosis of bacterial endophthalmitis
(Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia, 2009-10-01)Bacterial endophthalmitis is a serious but uncommon intraocular infection which frequently results in vision loss. Early diagnosis and appropriate therapy are associated with better visual outcome. Conventional microbiological ...
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Suscetibilidade antimicrobiana in vitro dos Staphylococcus coagulase negativa oculares
(Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia, 2007-12-01)PURPOSE: To assess the in vitro susceptibility of conjunctival and corneal coagulase negative Staphylococcus (CoNS) to methicillin, fluoroquinolones and aminoglycosides. METHODS: A total of 707 conjunctival and corneal ...