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Traditional Eye Medicine use in Microbial Keratitis in Uganda

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PURPOSE: To determine how Traditional Eye Medicine (TEM) use impacts presentation and outcome of Microbial Keratitis (MK).

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We prospectively enrolled patients presenting with MK at the two main eye units in Southern Uganda between December 2016 and March 2018. We collected information on history, TEM use, microbiology and 3-month outcomes.

The main measures were proportion using TEM, presenting time to the eye hospital from onset of symptoms, presenting vision and at 3-months. All analysis compared TEM Users versus Non-Users. We found that TEM is widely used to treat MK in Uganda, for many reasons.

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Patients who had used had poorer clinical presentation and outcomes compared to those who had not used TEM. (2019-05-08)

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