Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern and Bacterial Spectrum Among Patients with External Eye Infections at Menelik II Referral Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Background: Eye infections can cause loss or impairment of visual function and can lead to severe impairment. Bacteria are the most common pathogens that affect the structure of the eye. As a result, quick identification of the causative agents and testing of their medication susceptibility are essential for effective treatment of eye infections.

Predictors of mortality among adult people living with HIV/AIDS on antiretroviral therapy at Suhul Hospital, Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia: a retrospective follow-up study.

Background: Ethiopia is striving to achieve a goal of "zero human immune deficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)-related deaths." However, little has been documented on the factors that hamper the progress towards achieving this goal. Therefore, the ultimate aim of this study was to determine predictors of mortality among adult people living with HIV/AIDS on antiretroviral therapy (ART).

Penetrating Keratoplasty at a Tertiary Referral Center in Ethiopia: Indications and Outcomes.

Purpose: To describe the indications, visual acuity outcomes, and graft survival after penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Methods: The medical records of patients who underwent PKP at Menelik II Hospital between September 2000 and September 2013 were retrospectively reviewed. The prespecified outcomes were graft survival, visual acuity, and complication rates.

Life with anotner cornea: impact of corneal transplantation and eye banking in Ethiopia.

Purpose: Although clinical success of corneal transplantation is encouraging, its impact on the lives of beneficiaries is overlooked. We tried to understand how visually impaired people perceive the effect of a recently introduced corneal transplantation and eye banking service.

Methods: In-depth interviews were conducted among 20 patients with corneal visual impairment.

Diagnosis and treatment of microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis: literature review and case series.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe the clinical characteristics, microscopic findings, and treatment response to albendazole of microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis among immunocompromised individuals with HIV/AIDS.

Methods: This is a retrospective case series. Diagnosis of microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis was confirmed by subspecialist examination and conjunctival swabs examined by light microscopy.

The outcome of corneal transplantation versus indications in a tertiary eye care center in Ethiopia.

Background: The outcome of PKP depends on several factors, mainly on its indications. Understanding the causes of graft failure may help to reduce the risk of failure. This study was designed to analyze and compare the long term outcomes of PKP for the different indications in our set up.

Audit of exracapsular cataract extraction with posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation in a tertiary eye care center in Ethiopia.

A retrospective audit of records of 370 eyes of 315 patients for whom extracapsular cataract extraction with posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation (ECCE-PC IOL) was performed between 1998 and 1999 was made to determine postoperative visual outcome and complications. One hundred and ninety three patients were males and one hundred and seventy seven were females making a male to female ratio of 1:0.9.

Outcome of corneal transplantation.

Corneal transplantation is a sight restoring surgery done for corneal blindness. The purpose of this retrospective preliminary study is to analyze the outcome of 54 corneal transplantations (for 32 females and 22 males) done in the Department of Ophthalmology between September 1998 and June 2002. The mean follow-up period was 13 months.