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This chapter shows the development of Ad8 keratitis in patients of whom all but one (Case 8) were exposed to the virus during a nosocomial outbreak of EKC. The infection was transmitted either directly in the Clinic or by infected contacts. Since in clinical practice infections with various adenovirus serotypes cannot be distinguished from each other, Ad8 can serve as a model of a sequence events common to all of them. In the absence of causative treatment, the cases presented in this chapter show the natural course of the disease. Cortisone eye drops were not used except for a couple of days during the acute stage in one patient (Case 8) because of an initial diagnostic error.
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Tabery HM (2000) Corneal epithelial changes due to adenovirus type 8 infection. A non-contact photomicrographic study in the human cornea. Acta Ophthalmol Scand 78:45–48
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Tabery, H.M. (2012). Adenovirus Type 8 Epithelial Keratitis: The Development, Accompanying Signs, and Sequelae. In: Adenovirus Epithelial Keratitis and Thygeson's Superficial Punctate Keratitis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21634-3_2
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