Lamp Light Against Blindness: How Three Images Reveal Fungus or Bacteria
The eye is inflamed, the cornea clouding. The doctor needs to quickly determine the culprit — bacteria or fungus. The treatment depends on it. A mistake can cost sight. But the classic lab answer takes days, and in remote areas it may never arrive.
Researchers from the US and India propose a different approach: three images from a slit lamp — a device found in nearly every eye clinic.