Geographic variations in microbial keratitis: an analysis of the peer-reviewed literature
- 8 April 2011
- journal article
- review article
- Published by BMJ in British Journal of Ophthalmology
- Vol. 95 (6), 762-767
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.2009.169607
Abstract
Microbial keratitis is a potentially serious corneal infection and a major cause of visual impairment worldwide. A conservative estimate of the number of corneal ulcers occurring annually in the developing world alone is 1.5–2 million.1 Permanent visual dysfunction has been reported in a significant proportion of patients in both developing2 and developed3 countries. Srinivasan et al4 comment that ulceration of the cornea in south India ‘is a blinding disease of epidemic proportions.’Keywords
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