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. 2018;31(103):66-67.

Emergency management: microbial keratitis

Simon Arunga¹, Matthew Burton²

Affiliations

Affiliations

¹ Clinical Lecturer and Ophthalmologist: Mbarara University and Regional Referral Hospital Eye Centre, Mbarara, Uganda.
² Professor of International Eye Health: International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

PMID: 30487686
PMCID: PMC6253318

Emergency management: microbial keratitis

Simon Arunga et al. Community Eye Health. 2018.

. 2018;31(103):66-67.

Authors

Simon Arunga¹, Matthew Burton²

Affiliations

¹ Clinical Lecturer and Ophthalmologist: Mbarara University and Regional Referral Hospital Eye Centre, Mbarara, Uganda.
² Professor of International Eye Health: International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

PMID: 30487686
PMCID: PMC6253318

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Figures

Figure 1
Microbial keratitis with ciliary injection, corneal infiltrate and a hypopyon. This patient also has satellite lesions superiorly

Figure 2
Microbial keratitis. The corneal epithelial defect shows up green with fluorescein staining

Figure 3
Fluorescein staining confirms the presence of a corneal abrasion

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