Concurrent Microbial Keratitis and Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction: Concordance, Etiopathogenesis, and Outcome

Conclusions: CNS are the most common organisms in concurrent MK and NLDO (58% concordance), in patients with NLDO alone, and as commensals in healthy subjects. Persistence of NLDO may be responsible for a poorer outcome of MK in a concurrent setting.
Source: Cornea - Category: Opthalmology Tags: Clinical Science Source Type: research