A 5-Year Retrospective Review of Fungal Keratitis at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
Joint Authors
Ibrahim, Mohtar
Siti-Raihan, Ishak
Mohd-Tahir, Fadzillah
Norhayati, A.
Source
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-12-16
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Corneal blindness from healed infected keratitis is one of the most preventable causes of monocular blindness in developing countries, including Malaysia.
Our objectives were to identify the causative fungi, predisposing risk factors, the proportion of correct clinical diagnosis, and visual outcome of patients treated in our hospital.
Methods.
A retrospective review of medical and microbiology records was conducted for all patients who were treated for fungal keratitis at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia from January 2007 until December 2011.
Results.
Forty-seven patients (47/186, 25.27%) were treated for fungal keratitis during the study period.
This demonstrated that the incidence of fungal keratitis has increased each year from 2007 to 2011 by 12.50%, 17.65%, 21.21%, 26.83%, and 28.57%, respectively.
The most common predisposing factors were injury to the eye followed by use of topical steroid, and preexisting ocular surface disease.
Fusarium species were the most common fungal isolated, followed by Candida species.
Clinical diagnosis of fungal keratitis was made in 26 of the 41 (63.41%) cases of positive isolates.
Of these, in eleven cases (23.40%) patients required surgical intervention.
Clinical outcome of healed scar was achieved in 34 (72.34%) cases.
Conclusions.
The percentage of positive fungal isolated has steadily increased and the trend of common fungal isolated has changed.
The latest review regarding fungal keratitis is important for us to improve patients' outcome in the future.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Mohd-Tahir, Fadzillah& Norhayati, A.& Siti-Raihan, Ishak& Ibrahim, Mohtar. 2012. A 5-Year Retrospective Review of Fungal Keratitis at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Mohd-Tahir, Fadzillah…[et al.]. A 5-Year Retrospective Review of Fungal Keratitis at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-6.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Mohd-Tahir, Fadzillah& Norhayati, A.& Siti-Raihan, Ishak& Ibrahim, Mohtar. A 5-Year Retrospective Review of Fungal Keratitis at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-503322
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-503322