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. 2015;28(89):3-6.

Diagnosing and managing microbial keratitis

Madan P Upadhyay  1 , Muthiah Srinivasan  2 , John P Whitcher  3
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Diagnosing and managing microbial keratitis

Madan P Upadhyay et al. Community Eye Health. 2015.
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Severe microbial keratitis due to a filamentary fungal infection. Extensive infiltrate, satellite lesions and a hypopyon are present
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
A bacterial ulcer. The eye is very red and inflamed; note the ring infiltrate in the cornea and a large hypopyon in the anterior chamber
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Fluorescein staining of the cornea. Epithelial defects appear bright green under blue light
Figure 4.
Figure 4.
Subtotal fungal ulcer
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