Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Keratitis: Initial Treatment, Risk Factors, Clinical Features, and Treatment Outcomes.

Purpose: To analyze the clinical characteristics, management choices, and outcomes of cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) keratitis.

Design: Retrospective interventional case series.

Methods: Fifty-two culture-proven (52 eyes) cases of MRSA keratitis diagnosed and treated at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center were identified and reviewed.

Pterygium: new insights.

Pterygia are common conjunctival degenerations with well-documented risk factors but an unclear pathogenesis. Better understanding of the pathogenesis of pterygium could lead to improved surgical outcomes and decreased postoperative recurrence. Currently, pterygium excision with conjunctival autograft remains the preferred surgical technique to decrease pterygium recurrence.