Keratoconjunctivitis caused by an unusual retained conjunctival foreign body: a frequently unrecognized entity.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe a case series of keratoconjunctivitis caused by a retained bindi (dot) in six children who presented to a tertiary eye care facility in Southern India.

Patients And Methods: Over a period of 11 years (January 2000 and January 2012), six children (all female, ranging in age from 6 months to 3 years) were diagnosed with ocular manifestations subsequent to a retained bindi.

Results: All patients presented with redness, photophobia, extensive lacrimation, and blepharospasm.

Spectrum of bacterial keratitis at a tertiary eye care centre in India.

Aim: To report the aetiological spectrum and susceptibility patterns of bacteria isolated from patients with corneal ulceration.

Method: The microbiological data of all patients with suspected infectious corneal ulceration who presented to the ocular microbiology service at this centre between 2005 and 2012 were reviewed retrospectively.

Result: Microorganisms were recovered from 1665 (77%) of the 2170 ulcers.

Keratitis due to Chaetomium sp.

Aim. To describe keratitis due to Chaetomium sp. occurring in a 65-year-old woman who presented with a corneal ulcer with hypopyon of the right eye with a history of trauma by vegetable matter.

Simplified technique for deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty.

Purpose: To describe a new technique for performing deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) that can be done without special instruments and where deep stromal dissection can be performed under direct visualization.

Methods: In this prospective, noncomparative case series, DALK was performed by first creating a scleral pocket incision to initiate corneal dissection and continuing further dissection under direct visualization after partial trephination. Fourteen eyes of 13 patients with corneal pathology not involving endothelium were operated on by using the new technique.

Bilateral Pseudomonas keratitis without predisposing factors.

Bilateral keratitis usually occurs in predisposed individuals such as contact lens wearers, those suffering from malnutrition and immunodeficiency or patients undergoing bilateral refractive corneal surgery. We report a 30-year-old man without any obvious predisposing factors who presented with complaints of pain and decreased vision in both eyes. Examination revealed corneal ulcers in both eyes, which on microbiological culture grew Pseudomonas aeruginosa.