Clinical Characteristics of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Keratitis.

Purpose: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an important opportunistic pathogen but an uncommon cause of corneal infections. This study aimed to report the clinical features, antibiotic susceptibility, treatments, and visual outcomes of S. maltophilia keratitis.

Shifting Trends in Bacterial Keratitis in Taiwan: A 10-Year Review in a Tertiary-Care Hospital.

Purpose: To investigate the distribution, current trends, and antibiotic susceptibility profiles of bacterial keratitis isolates over 10 years.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the microbiology records of all corneal scrapings undertaken for cultures at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital from 2003 through 2012. We identified bacterial isolates and verified antibiotic susceptibilities by using the disk diffusion method.

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Ocular Infection in Taiwan: Clinical Features, Genotying, and Antibiotic Susceptibility.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is an important public health issue. This observational study aimed to characterize clinical features, antibiotic susceptibility, and genotypes of ocular infections caused by MRSA based on the clinical and molecular definitions of community-associated (CA) and healthcare-associated (HA) strains.Fifty-nine patients with culture-proven S aureus ocular infection were enrolled from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2011 at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan.

Clinical characteristics of alternaria keratitis.

Purpose. Alternaria spp. are an uncommon cause of mycotic keratitis.

Pediatric microbial keratitis in Taiwan: clinical and microbiological profiles, 1998-2002 versus 2008-2012.

Purpose: To identify the change in clinical and microbiological profiles of pediatric microbial keratitis in Taiwan between 1998-2002 and 2008-2012.

Design: Retrospective, observational study.

Method: setting: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, a referral center in Taiwan.

Staphylococcus aureus keratitis: a review of hospital cases.

Background: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is an important public health issue. The study aimed to characterize the patient demographics, clinical features, antibiotic susceptibility, and clinical outcomes of keratitis caused by S. aureus, and to make a comparison between MRSA and methicillin-sensitive S.

Therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty in severe infective keratitis using glycerol-preserved donor corneas.

Purpose: To report the surgical outcome of therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty (TPKP) using glycerol-preserved donor corneas in severe infective keratitis.

Methods: Glycerol-preserved corneas were obtained from the recipient corneas of the patients who underwent optical penetrating keratoplasty and preserved in glycerol. Eight eyes of 8 patients (3 men/5 women; average age, 69.

Retained Descemet's membrane after penetrating keratoplasty.

Retained Descemet's membrane is a rare complication of penetrating keratoplasty (PKP). The membrane can become progressively opaque and threaten the health of the corneal graft. We report such a case involving a 53-year-old man.