Publications by authors named "Clara M Pak"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to analyze the relationship between immunosuppression and overall as well as cancer-specific mortality in patients with noninfectious ocular inflammatory disease.
- Researchers examined data from over 15,000 patients over a median of 10 years and found there were 1970 deaths, with 435 attributed to cancer.
- The results indicated that patients on various immunosuppressants experienced similar mortality rates compared to the general U.S. population, suggesting that these treatments did not significantly increase overall or cancer mortality risk.
Purpose: To estimate the incidence/risk factors for cataract in noninfectious anterior uveitis.
Design: Retrospective multicenter cohort study (6 US tertiary uveitis sites, 1978-2010).
Methods: Data were harvested by trained expert reviewers, using protocol-driven review of experts' charts.
Bacterial keratitis (corneal infection) caused by more than one organism is rare and exceedingly difficult to treat due to variable antibiotic susceptibilities. Intrastromal injections of antibiotics may be necessary to achieve higher drug concentrations at the site of infection, particularly in the case of deep stromal disease refractory to topical therapy. However, while this approach is increasingly used for fungal keratitis, there is a paucity of the literature regarding the use of intrastromal antibiotics bacterial keratitis.
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