Open AccessEpidemiological profile of fungal keratitis in urban population of West Bengal, India
Author(s) -
Suman Saha,
Debdulal Banerjee,
Archana Khetan,
Jayangshu Sengupta
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
oman journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 0974-7842
pISSN - 0974-620X
DOI - 10.4103/0974-620x.57310
Subject(s) - fungal keratitis , medicine , keratitis , epidemiology , natamycin , population , corneal ulcer , contact lens , cornea , dermatology , ophthalmology , pathology , environmental health
Corneal diseases are one of the major causes of visual loss and blindness, second only to cataract. Amongst corneal diseases, microbial keratitis is a major blinding disease. In some countries, fungal keratitis accounts for almost 50% of patients with culture-proven microbial keratitis.