Eye Infections, Fungal

"Eye Infections, Fungal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Infection by a variety of fungi, usually through four possible mechanisms: superficial infection producing conjunctivitis, keratitis, or lacrimal obstruction; extension of infection from neighboring structures - skin, paranasal sinuses, nasopharynx; direct introduction during surgery or accidental penetrating trauma; or via the blood or lymphatic routes in patients with underlying mycoses.

Descriptor ID	D015821
MeSH Number(s)	C01.539.375.450 C01.703.343 C11.294.450
Concept/Terms	Eye Infections, Fungal Eye Infections, Fungal Oculomycosis Oculomycoses Mycotic Infections, Ocular Infection, Ocular Mycotic Infections, Ocular Mycotic Mycotic Infection, Ocular Ocular Mycotic Infection Ocular Mycotic Infections Ocular Infections, Fungal Fungal Ocular Infection Fungal Ocular Infections Infection, Fungal Ocular Infections, Fungal Ocular Ocular Infection, Fungal Fungal Eye Infections Eye Infection, Fungal Fungal Eye Infection Infection, Fungal Eye Infections, Fungal Eye Mycosis, Ocular Mycoses, Ocular Ocular Mycoses Ocular Mycosis

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Eye Infections, Fungal".

Diseases [C]
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses [C01]
Infection [C01.539]
Eye Infections [C01.539.375]
Eye Infections, Fungal [C01.539.375.450]
Mycoses [C01.703]
Eye Infections, Fungal [C01.703.343]
Eye Diseases [C11]
Eye Infections [C11.294]
Eye Infections, Fungal [C11.294.450]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Eye Infections, Fungal".

Eye Infections, Fungal
Uveitis, Suppurative

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Bar chart showing 29 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2013

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2000	1	0	1
2002	1	0	1
2003	2	0	2
2004	1	0	1
2006	3	0	3
2007	2	0	2
2008	1	0	1
2009	0	1	1
2010	3	0	3
2011	1	0	1
2013	3	1	4
2014	2	0	2
2015	1	0	1
2016	1	0	1
2017	2	1	3
2021	2	0	2

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Nayak S, Das T, Parameswarappa D, Sharma S, Jakati S, Jalali S, Narayanan R, Basu S, Tyagi M, Dave VP, Pappuru RR, Pathengay A, Kaza H, Rani PK, Behera S, Sahoo NK, Kapoor A, Agrawal H, Agarwal K, Takkar B, Raval VR. Sight-threatening intraocular infection in patients with COVID-19 in India. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2021 Dec; 69(12):3664-3676.

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Ammar MJ, Carroll R, Kolomeyer A, Ying GS, Whitehead G, Brucker AJ, Kim BJ. CLINICAL UTILITY OF BETA-D-GLUCAN TESTING FOR ENDOGENOUS FUNGAL CHORIORETINITIS OR ENDOPHTHALMITIS. Retina. 2021 Feb 01; 41(2):431-437.

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Stephens JD, Adam MK, Todorich B, Faia LJ, Garg S, Dunn JP, Mehta S. Optical Coherence Tomography Findings in Endogenous Fungal Chorioretinitis, Retinitis, and Endophthalmitis. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2017 11 01; 48(11):894-901.

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Katragkou A, Fisher BT, Groll AH, Roilides E, Walsh TJ. Diagnostic Imaging and Invasive Fungal Diseases in Children. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2017 Sep 01; 6(suppl_1):S22-S31.

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Kheirkhah A, Syed ZA, Satitpitakul V, Goyal S, M?ller R, Tu EY, Dana R. Sensitivity and Specificity of Laser-Scanning In?Vivo Confocal Microscopy for Filamentous Fungal Keratitis: Role of Observer Experience. Am J Ophthalmol. 2017 Jul; 179:81-89.

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Leung EH, Kuriyan AE, Flynn HW, Relhan N, Huang LC, Miller D. Persistently Vitreous Culture-Positive Exogenous Fungal Endophthalmitis. Am J Ophthalmol. 2016 Dec; 172:45-50.

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Adam MK, Vahedi S, Nichols MM, Fintelmann RE, Keenan JD, Garg SJ, Hsu J, Maguire JI, Spirn MJ. Inpatient Ophthalmology Consultation for Fungemia: Prevalence of Ocular Involvement and Necessity of Funduscopic Screening. Am J Ophthalmol. 2015 Nov; 160(5):1078-1083.e2.

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Karthikeyan RS, Vareechon C, Prajna NV, Dharmalingam K, Pearlman E, Lalitha P. Interleukin 17 expression in peripheral blood neutrophils from fungal keratitis patients and healthy cohorts in southern India. J Infect Dis. 2015 Jan 01; 211(1):130-4.

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Pao KY, Yakopson V, Flanagan JC, Eagle RC. Allergic fungal sinusitis involving the lacrimal sac: a case report and review. Orbit. 2014 Aug; 33(4):311-3.

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Leal SM, Roy S, Vareechon C, Carrion Sd, Clark H, Lopez-Berges MS, Di Pietro A, diPietro A, Schrettl M, Beckmann N, Redl B, Haas H, Pearlman E. Targeting iron acquisition blocks infection with the fungal pathogens Aspergillus fumigatus and Fusarium oxysporum. PLoS Pathog. 2013; 9(7):e1003436.

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