Recent Updates on Treatment of Ocular Microbial Infections by Stem Cell Therapy: A Review.

ABSTRACT: Ocular microbial infection has emerged as a major public health crisis during the past two decades. A variety of causative agents can cause ocular microbial infections; which are characterized by persistent and destructive inflammation of the ocular tissue; progressive visual disturbance; and may result in loss of visual function in patients if early and effective treatments are not received. The conventional therapeutic approaches to treat vision impairment and blindness resulting from microbial infections involve antimicrobial therapy to eliminate the offending pathogens or in severe cases; by surgical methods and retinal prosthesis replacing of the infected area. In cases where there is concurrent inflammation, once infection is controlled, anti-inflammatory agents are indicated to redu

SUBMITTER: Teh SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5855780 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature