Reusing surgical materials for cataract surgery: an assessment of potential contamination.

Purpose: To evaluate microbiological cultures of cataract surgical devices and products that were reused for multiple cases.

Setting: Aravind Eye Hospital, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, India.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Clinical, microbiologic, and treatment outcomes of dematiaceous fungal keratitis - A retrospective study.

Purpose: Dematiaceous fungi, the third most common causative organism of fungal keratitis, constitute 3.5% to 43.5% of fungal keratitis worldwide.

Nocturnal behavioral patterns of African ungulates in zoos.

Currently, most studies on ungulates' behavior are conducted during the daylight hours, but their nocturnal behavior patterns differ from those shown during day. Therefore, it is necessary to observe ungulates' behavior also overnight. Detailed analyses of nocturnal behavior have only been conducted for very prominent ungulates such as Giraffes (), African Elephants (), or livestock (e.

Successful Management of Keratitis Masquerading as Dematiaceous Fungal Keratitis in an Immunosuppressed Asian Male.

Purpose: To describe the first case of keratitis masquerading as dematiaceous fungal keratitis in a seropositive male.

Case Summary: A 44-year-old seropositive male previously treated for acute retinal necrosis presented with pain and defective vision in the right eye following a mud injury 5 days back. Presenting visual acuity was hand movements close to the face.