Mycotic or fungal keratitis (FK) is a sight-threatening disease, caused by infection of the
cornea by filamentous fungi or yeasts. In tropical, low and middle-income countries, it …

Background The surveillance of serious and superficial skin fungal infections in Iraq has not
been conducted. Limited information exists on their incidence and prevalence. Objectives …

Background Corneal ulcer is a potentially sight threatening ocular condition and the leading
cause of monocular blindness in develo** countries. Knowing the predisposing factors …

Background: The surveillance of serious and superficial skin fungal infections in Iraq has not
been conducted. Limited information exists on their incidence and prevalence. Objectives …

One of the gaps in knowledge concerning diversity of fungi in Iraq is checklists and
documentation of fungal data. For a country like Iraq no updated checklists of fungi at all or …

MATERIALS AND METHODS Five major English databases (PubMed, Scopus, Science
Direct, Web of Science, and Google Scholar) and four Persian databases (Magiran …

Mycotic or fungal keratitis (FK) is a sight-threatening disease, caused by infection of the
cornea by filamentous fungi or yeasts. In tropical, low and middle-income countries, it …

Background and objectives: Mycotic keratitis is a fungal infection of the cornea that can
cause blindness. Its incidence, risk factors, and the etiological agents vary worldwide and …

Bacterial keratitis is a vision threatening infection of the cornea caused by bacteria.
Symptoms include redness of the eye, pain, blurring, vision loss, discharge, infiltrates in the …

Two hundred and twenty-seven samples from infected eyes (152 from conjunctivitis, 49 from
keratitis and 26 from contact lens infections) were collected from patients with ages ranging …