When managing an irritated cornea, choosing among fortified antibiotics, oral antivirals, anti-inflammatories or combination ...

Do not try to burst styes—this could spread the infection. Keratitis is the inflammation of the cornea, the transparent part ...

More information: Zun Zheng Ong et al, Diagnostic performance of deep learning for infectious keratitis: a systematic review ...

Infectious keratitis is a significant cause of vision loss worldwide, often requiring effective treatment to prevent complications such as corneal scarring or perforation. Recent research has ...

Over the last decade, the outcome of contact lens-associated bacterial keratitis has improved owing to fluoroquinolones, leading to a better control of infection, earlier institution of anti ...

Lead researcher Lottie Brown from the University of Manchester today publishes the first estimation of global fungal keratitis figures in Lancet Infectious Diseases. Infection of the transparent ...

Herpes stromal keratitis (HSK) is a potentially blinding disease caused by herpes simplex virus corneal infection. Most cases of HSK are due to reactivation of the virus from latency leading to ...