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Corneal ulcer due to a rare pleosporalean member of the genus Bipolaris following cow tail injury to the eye: A case report and review of literature
Aspergillus and Fusarium are the most common fungi causing mycotic keratitis. Injury to the eye with vegetable matter, cow tail injury, long-term use of topical steroids are some of the risk factors for mycotic keratitis. There are few case reports of keratitis caused by Bipolaris. The human pathogenic species in the genus are Bipolaris spicifera, Bipolaris hawaiiensis, Bipolaris papendorfii, and Bipolaris australiensis. Most commonly reported keratitis is caused by B. hawaiiensis, followed by B. spicifera. Literature review showed only one case report of keratitis due to B. australiensis reported from Australia. We present a first case report of keratitis due to B. australiensis (currently Curvularia australienis) from India
Reducing Vibrio load in Artemia nauplii usingantimicrobial photodynamic therapy: a promising strategy to reduce antibiotic application in shrimp larviculture
We propose antimicrobial photodynamic therapy
(aPDT) as an alternative strategy to reduce the use of
antibiotics in shrimp larviculture systems. The growth
of a multiple antibiotic resistant Vibrio harveyi strain
was effectively controlled by treating the cells with
Rose Bengal and photosensitizing for 30 min using a
halogen lamp. This resulted in the death of > 50% of
the cells within the first 10 min of exposure and the
50% reduction in the cell wall integrity after 30 min
could be attributed to the destruction of outer membrane
protein of V. harveyi by reactive oxygen intermediates
produced during the photosensitization.
Further, mesocosm experiments with V. harveyi and
Artemia nauplii demonstrated that in 30 min, the aPDT
could kill 78.9% and 91.2% of heterotrophic bacterial
and Vibrio population respectively. In conclusion, the
study demonstrated that aPDT with its rapid action
and as yet unreported resistance development possibilities
could be a propitious strategy to reduce the
use of antibiotics in shrimp larviculture systems and
thereby, avoid their hazardous effects on human
health and the ecosystem at large.Cochin
University of Science and TechnologyMicrobial Biotechnology (2012) 5(1), 59–6
Additional file 1 of Lymphadenectomy in ovarian cancers: a meta-analysis of hazard ratios from randomized clinical trials
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