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Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Fungal Keratitis in the United Kingdom 2011–2020: A 10-Year Study (2021)
Journal Article

Fungal keratitis (FK) is a serious ocular infection that often poses significant diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas. This study aimed to examine the causes, clinical characteristics, out-comes, and prognostic factors of FK in the UK. All culture-pos... Read More about Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Fungal Keratitis in the United Kingdom 2011–2020: A 10-Year Study.

Evaluation of Host Defense Peptide (CaD23)-Antibiotic Interaction and Mechanism of Action: Insights From Experimental and Molecular Dynamics Simulations Studies (2021)
Journal Article

Background/Aim: Host defense peptides (HDPs) have the potential to provide a novel solution to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in view of their unique and broad-spectrum antimicrobial activities. We had recently developed a novel hybrid HDP based on L... Read More about Evaluation of Host Defense Peptide (CaD23)-Antibiotic Interaction and Mechanism of Action: Insights From Experimental and Molecular Dynamics Simulations Studies.

Hybrid derivative of cathelicidin and human beta defensin-2 against Gram-positive bacteria: A novel approach for the treatment of bacterial keratitis (2021)
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Bacterial keratitis (BK) is a major cause of corneal blindness globally. This study aimed to develop a novel class of antimicrobial therapy, based on human-derived hybrid host defense peptides (HyHDPs), for treating BK. HyHDPs were rationally designe... Read More about Hybrid derivative of cathelicidin and human beta defensin-2 against Gram-positive bacteria: A novel approach for the treatment of bacterial keratitis.

Risk Factors, Clinical Outcomes, and Prognostic Factors of Bacterial Keratitis: The Nottingham Infectious Keratitis Study (2021)
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Background/Aim: To examine the risk factors, clinical characteristics, outcomes, and prognostic factors of bacterial keratitis (BK) in Nottingham, UK. Methods: This was a retrospective study of patients who presented to the Queen's Medical Centre, No... Read More about Risk Factors, Clinical Outcomes, and Prognostic Factors of Bacterial Keratitis: The Nottingham Infectious Keratitis Study.

Post-keratoplasty Infectious Keratitis: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Management, and Outcomes (2021)
Journal Article

Post-keratoplasty infectious keratitis (PKIK) represents a unique clinical entity that often poses significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. It carries a high risk of serious complications such as graft rejection and failure, and less common... Read More about Post-keratoplasty Infectious Keratitis: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Management, and Outcomes.

Amniotic membrane transplantation for infectious keratitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2021)
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Infectious keratitis (IK) is the 5th leading cause of blindness globally. Broad-spectrum topical antimicrobial treatment is the current mainstay of treatment for IK, though adjuvant treatment or surgeries are often required in refractory cases of IK.... Read More about Amniotic membrane transplantation for infectious keratitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Real-world experience of using ciclosporin-A 0.1% (Ikervis) in the management of ocular surface inflammatory diseases (2021)
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Purpose: To report the real-world experience of using topical ciclosporin, Ikervis, in the management of ocular surface inflammatory diseases (OSIDs). Methods: This was a retrospective study of patients treated with Ikervis for OSIDs at the Queen’... Read More about Real-world experience of using ciclosporin-A 0.1% (Ikervis) in the management of ocular surface inflammatory diseases.

Infectious keratitis: an update on epidemiology, causative microorganisms, risk factors, and antimicrobial resistance (2021)
Journal Article

Corneal opacity is the 5th leading cause of blindness and visual impairment globally, affecting ~6 million of the world population. In addition, it is responsible for 1.5–2.0 million new cases of monocular blindness per year, highlighting an ongoing... Read More about Infectious keratitis: an update on epidemiology, causative microorganisms, risk factors, and antimicrobial resistance.