Gairik Kundu, Rohit Shetty, Durgalaxmi Modak, Ameeta Koul, Srihari Balaraj, Harsha Nagaraja, Swaminathan Sethu
PURPOSE: To determine the association between systemic vitamin D (VD) and immunoglobulin E (IgE) levels with severity and ocular surface inflammatory profile in patients with epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC). METHODS: 210 eyes of 105 patients who were clinically diagnosed with EKC were included in the study. The levels of serum VD and serum IgE were measured. Schirmer's strip-based tear fluid (TF) was used to determine levels of IL-1β, IL-6, IL-10, IL-17A, TNFα, MMP9, sICAM1, and VEGF-A in a subset of patients...
April 16, 2024: Indian Journal of Ophthalmology