Keratitis

Ocular surface infections include infectious conjunctivitis and infectious keratitis.

Welcome to another edition of CEDARS/ASPENS Debates. CEDARS/ASPENS is a society of cornea, cataract and refractive surgery specialists, here to discuss some of the latest hot topics in ophthalmology.

Scleritis is inflammation of the sclera and is predominantly autoimmune. Corneal thinning, astigmatism and peripheral ulcerative keratitis are the common corneal changes following scleritis.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — In this Healio Video Perspective from Kiawah Eye, Preeya K. Gupta, MD, FACS, discusses the simplest ways to effectively diagnose and treat patients with neurotrophic keratitis.

DENVER — Patients with infectious keratitis who underwent penetrating keratoplasty earlier in the course of their infection had better postoperative outcomes compared with those who waited longer before having surgery, according to a study.

WASHINGTON — Differentiating between microbial and nonmicrobial keratitis is important to make an accurate keratitis diagnosis, according to a speaker here.

Herpes simplex keratitis is a challenge to diagnose and treat. My guest columnist this month is Sonal S. Tuli, MD, MEd, professor and chair of the department of ophthalmology at the University of Florida.

WAILEA, Hawaii — In this video from Hawaiian Eye, Marjan Farid, MD, discusses different corneal indications for when to use amniotic membrane tissue in the office.

Repository corticotropin injection may be a safe and effective treatment option for severe noninfectious keratitis refractory to standard care therapies, according to an open-label phase 4 study.

Visual outcomes of children with herpes simplex keratitis were better when patients were seen within 5 days of symptom onset, according to a poster presentation.