"Corneal Ulcer" 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.
Loss of epithelial tissue from the surface of the cornea due to progressive erosion and necrosis of the tissue; usually caused by bacterial, fungal, or viral infection.
| Descriptor ID |
D003320
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.375.177 C11.204.564.225 C11.294.177
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| Concept/Terms |
Corneal Ulcer- Corneal Ulcer
- Ulcer, Corneal
- Keratitis, Ulcerative
- Keratitides, Ulcerative
- Ulcerative Keratitides
- Ulcerative Keratitis
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Corneal Ulcer" by people in Profiles.
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Mo S, Durrani AF, Safiullah Z, Kowalski RP, Jhanji V. Proteus mirabilis Keratitis: Risk Factors, Clinical Features, Treatment Outcomes, and Microbiological Characteristics. Cornea. 2021 Jun 01; 40(6):704-709.
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Kates MM, Tuli S. Complications of Contact Lenses. JAMA. 2021 05 11; 325(18):1912.
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Mukhtar S, Atta S, Durrani A, Perera C, Kowalski R, Jhanji V. Microbiological evaluation of corneal and contact lens cultures in contact lens-associated bacterial keratitis. Br J Ophthalmol. 2022 05; 106(5):600-604.
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Durrani AF, Atta S, Bhat AK, Mammen A, Dhaliwal D, Kowalski RP, Jhanji V. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Keratitis: Initial Treatment, Risk Factors, Clinical Features, and Treatment Outcomes. Am J Ophthalmol. 2020 06; 214:119-126.
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Verner A, Durrani A, Kowalski RP, Jhanji V. A Case of Nocardia farcinica Keratitis in a Pediatric Contact Lens Wearer. Eye Contact Lens. 2020 Mar; 46(2):e11-e12.
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Amarasekera S, Durrani AF, Faith S, Kowalski RP, Jhanji V. Clinical features of Streptococcus pyogenes keratitis: Case series. Cont Lens Anterior Eye. 2019 10; 42(5):581-585.
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Roozbahani M, Hammersmith KM, Nagra PK, Ma JF, Rapuano CJ. "Therapeutic Penetrating Keratoplasty: A Retrospective Review". Eye Contact Lens. 2018 Nov; 44 Suppl 2:S433-S441.
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Kheirkhah A, Satitpitakul V, Syed ZA, M?ller R, Goyal S, Tu EY, Dana R. Factors Influencing the Diagnostic Accuracy of Laser-Scanning In Vivo Confocal Microscopy for Acanthamoeba Keratitis. Cornea. 2018 Jul; 37(7):818-823.
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Faith SC, Durrani AF, Jhanji V. Cytomegalovirus keratitis. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2018 Jul; 29(4):373-377.
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Rapuano PB, Scanameo AH, Amponin DE, Paulose SA, Zyablitskaya M, Takaoka A, Suh LH, Nagasaki T, Trokel SL, Paik DC. Antimicrobial Studies Using the Therapeutic Tissue Cross-Linking Agent, Sodium Hydroxymethylglycinate: Implication for Treating Infectious Keratitis. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2018 01 01; 59(1):332-337.