By Associate Professor Nicole Ann Carnt

Journal articles

Ilyas M; Stapleton F; Willcox MDP; Henriquez F; Peguda HK; Rayamajhee B; Zahid T; Petsoglou C; Carnt NA, 2024, 'Epidemiology of and Genetic Factors Associated with Acanthamoeba Keratitis', Pathogens, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens13020142

Rayamajhee B; Willcox M; Henriquez FL; Vijay AK; Petsoglou C; Shrestha GS; Peguda HK; Carnt N, 2024, 'The role of naturally acquired intracellular Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the development of Acanthamoeba keratitis in an animal model', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011878

Rayamajhee B; Willcox M; Sharma S; Mooney R; Petsoglou C; Badenoch PR; Sherchan S; Henriquez FL; Carnt N, 2024, 'Zooming in on the intracellular microbiome composition of bacterivorous Acanthamoeba isolates.', ISME Commun, 4, pp. ycae016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycae016

Rayamajhee B; Williams NLR; Siboni N; Rodgers K; Willcox M; Henriquez FL; Seymour JR; Potts J; Johnson C; Scanes P; Carnt N, 2023, 'Identification and quantification of Acanthamoeba spp. within seawater at four coastal lagoons on the east coast of Australia', Science of the Total Environment, 901, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165862

Wespiser S; Koestel E; Fabacher T; Sauer A; Aptel F; Arnould L; Asoklis R; Baillif S; Baudouin C; Becmeur PH; Bernheim D; Bocksei Z; Borderie V; Bouheraoua N; Bourges JL; Bron A; Burillon C; Carnt N; Chiquet C; Cochener B; Cochereau I; Creuzot-Garcher C; David T; Fogagnolo P; Dormegny L; Fournie P; Gaucher D; Gohier P; Gomart G; Grupcheva C; Gueudry J; Ho Wang Yin G; Hoffart L; Imhoff S; Ivekovic R; Knoeri J; Kodjikian L; Kosacki J; Labetoulle M; Legeais JM; Martinez-Costa R; Megevand-Sunaric G; Messerlin A; Meyer L; Meyer N; Merle H; Mouriaux F; Muraine M; Orignac I; Pisella PJ; Porro G; Prevost G; Priglinger S; Proust H; Quintyn JC; Riegel P; Robert PY; Rodriguez A; Rodriguez Garcia A; Roels D; Roth M; Rousseau A; Seitz B; Spadea L; Speeg-Schatz C; Ting DSJ; Touboul D; Trone MC; Vabres B; Welinder L; Wisse R; Wurtz M; Xirou T; Bourcier T, 2023, 'Practice patterns in the management of bacterial keratitis: a five-continent survey', Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 261, pp. 1961 - 1969, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00417-023-06003-6

Caffery B; Pucker AD; Chidi-Egboka NC; Obinwanne CJ; Harkness B; Carnt NA; Ng A, 2023, 'Lubricating drops for contact lens discomfort in adults', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD015751

Peguda HK; Lakshminarayanan R; Carnt NA; Gu Z; Willcox MDP, 2023, 'Correction to: The Activity of Polyhomoarginine against Acanthamoeba castellanii (Biology, (2022), 11, 12, (1726), 10.3390/biology11121726)', Biology, 12, pp. 470, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology12030470

Shrestha GS; Vijay AK; Stapleton F; White A; Pickford R; Carnt N, 2023, 'Human tear metabolites associated with nucleoside-signalling pathways in bacterial keratitis', Experimental Eye Research, 228, pp. 109409, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.exer.2023.109409

Carnt N; Minassian DC; Dart JKG, 2023, 'Acanthamoeba Keratitis Risk Factors for Daily Wear Contact Lens Users: A Case–Control Study', Ophthalmology, 130, pp. 48 - 55, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2022.08.002

Willcox MDP; Bahatheg G; Carnt N; Kalaiselvan P; Kumar N; Kuppusamy R; Rayamajhee B; Sara M; Stapleton F; Vijay AK; Yasir M; Yu TT, 2023, 'Biofilms and contact lenses: problems and solutions', Microbiology Australia, 44, pp. 96 - 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MA23027

Downie LE; Zhang X; Wu M; Karunaratne S; Loi JK; Senthil K; Arshad S; Bertram K; Cunningham AL; Carnt N; Mueller SN; Chinnery HR, 2023, 'Redefining the human corneal immune compartment using dynamic intravital imaging', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2217795120

Rayamajhee B; Sharma S; Willcox M; Henriquez FL; Rajagopal RN; Shrestha GS; Subedi D; Bagga B; Carnt N, 2022, 'Assessment of genotypes, endosymbionts and clinical characteristics of Acanthamoeba recovered from ocular infection', BMC Infectious Diseases, 22, pp. 757, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07741-4

Peguda HK; Lakshminarayanan R; Carnt NA; Gu Z; Willcox MDP, 2022, 'The Activity of Polyhomoarginine against Acanthamoeba castellanii', Biology, 11, pp. 1726, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology11121726

Peguda HK; Carnt NA; Gu Z; Kumar N; Willcox MDP; Kuppusamy R, 2022, 'The Anti-Amoebic Activity of a Peptidomimetic against Acanthamoeba castellanii', Microorganisms, 10, pp. 2377, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10122377

Arnous R; Arshad S; Sandgren K; Cunningham AL; Carnt N; White A, 2022, 'Tissue resident memory T cells inhabit the deep human conjunctiva', Scientific Reports, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-09886-3

Rayamajhee B; Willcox MDP; Henriquez FL; Petsoglou C; Subedi D; Carnt N, 2022, 'Acanthamoeba, an environmental phagocyte enhancing survival and transmission of human pathogens', Trends in Parasitology, 38, pp. 975 - 990, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2022.08.007

Hoffman JJ; Dart JKG; De SK; Carnt N; Cleary G; Hau S, 2022, 'Comparison of culture, confocal microscopy and PCR in routine hospital use for microbial keratitis diagnosis', Eye (Basingstoke), 36, pp. 2172 - 2178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41433-021-01812-7

Alenezi H; Ozkan J; Willcox M; Parnell G; Carnt N, 2022, 'Differential gene expression of the healthy conjunctiva during the day', Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clae.2021.101494

Chaudhry S; Dunn H; Carnt N; White A, 2022, 'Nutritional supplementation in the prevention and treatment of glaucoma', Survey of Ophthalmology, 67, pp. 1081 - 1098, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.survophthal.2021.12.001

Stapleton F; Shrestha GS; Vijay AK; Carnt N, 2022, 'Epidemiology, Microbiology, and Genetics of Contact Lens–Related and Non–Contact Lens-Related Infectious Keratitis', Eye and Contact Lens, 48, pp. 127 - 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ICL.0000000000000884

Ye X; Kang P; Peguda R; Chau S; Chen M; Golebiowski B; Carnt N, 2022, 'A pilot study investigating the effect of extended contact lens wear on limbal and central corneal morphology', Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clae.2021.101524

Carnt NA; Man REK; Fenwick EK; Lamoureux EL; Keay LJ, 2022, 'Impact of Acanthamoeba Keratitis on the Vision-Related Quality of Life of Contact Lens Wearers', Cornea, 41, pp. 206 - 210, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ICO.0000000000002901

Carnt N; Gonzalez-Garcia MJ, 2022, 'The R-evolution of contact lenses: Will long-term contact lens wearers in the future be the same as now?', Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clae.2021.101557

Desmond T; Tran V; Maharaj M; Carnt N; White A, 2022, 'Correction to: Diagnostic accuracy of AS-OCT vs gonioscopy for detecting angle closure: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, (2022), 260, 1, (1-23), 10.1007/s00417-021-05271-4)', Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 260, pp. 385, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00417-021-05432-5

Desmond T; Tran V; Maharaj M; Carnt N; White A, 2022, 'Diagnostic accuracy of AS-OCT vs gonioscopy for detecting angle closure: a systematic review and meta-analysis', Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00417-021-05271-4

Ramke J; Evans JR; Habtamu E; Mwangi N; Silva JC; Swenor BK; Congdon N; Faal HB; Foster A; Friedman DS; Gichuhi S; Jonas JB; Khaw PT; Kyari F; Murthy GVS; Wang N; Wong TY; Wormald R; Yusufu M; Taylor H; Resnikoff S; West SK; Burton MJ; Aghaji A; Adewole AT; Csutak A; Salam AS; Paduca A; Bron AM; Denniston AK; Lazo Legua A; Halim A; Tefera AW; Mwangi A; Jenkins AJ; Davis A; Meddeb-Ouertani A; Wali AH; Palis AG; Bastos de Carvalho A; Joshi A; Kreis AJ; Mueller A; Bastawrous A; Cooper A; Smith AF; Grzybowski A; Arvind A; Karanu AM; Orlina AO; Burnett A; Yashadhana A; Abeydeera AP; Abdurakhmanova A; Mohamed A; Bacchav A; Bernhisel A; Webson AW; Azuara-Blanco A; Hossain A; Ilhan B; Assumpta Lucienne B; Tousignant B; Shamanna BR; Wiafe B; Mueller B; Caglar C; Mpyet C; Abraham CH; Cheung CY; Thiel CL; Jan CL; Emedike C; Chuluunkhuu C; Chinyere C; Henein C; Gilbert CE; Bascaran C; Nitulescu CE; Patel D; Bachani D; Kiage D; Etya'ale D; Dahdal D; Woo Lawson D; Godin D; Nkanga DG; Ondeyo DM; O'Brien D; Mutie DM; Alalawi ESK; Mayorga E; Bin Hashim E; Ashrafi E; Kishiki EA; Kurian E; D'Esposito F; Masila F; Pena FY; Büsch F; Carnt N; Marmamula S; Khanna R; Keay L; Fricke T, 2022, 'Grand Challenges in global eye health: a global prioritisation process using Delphi method', The Lancet Healthy Longevity, 3, pp. e31 - e41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2666-7568(21)00302-0

Abid A; Khan MA; Lee B; White A; Carnt N; Arshad S; Samarawickrama C, 2022, 'Ocular Distribution of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System in the Context of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic', JRAAS - Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System, 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/9970922

Ekkeshis I; Mason M; Watson M; Rowan B; Carnt N, 2022, 'The Co-Creation of a Patient Information Leaflet for Patients With the Rare Eye Infection Acanthamoeba keratitis', Journal of Patient Experience, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23743735221103031

Wu YTY; Ho A; Naduvilath T; Lim C; Carnt N; Keay LJ; Edwards KP; Stapleton F, 2021, 'Author's reply', Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 41, pp. 1387 - 1388, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/opo.12883

Peguda HK; Mahbub SB; Sherpa TD; Subedi D; Habibalahi A; Anwer AG; Gu Z; Willcox MDP; Goldys EM; Carnt NA, 2021, 'The autofluorescence patterns of acanthamoeba castellanii, pseudomonas aeruginosa and staphylococcus aureus: Effects of antibiotics and tetracaine', Pathogens, 10, pp. 894, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10070894

Carnt N; Stapleton F, 2021, 'Thirty years of “quiet eye” with etafilcon A contact lenses: Additional considerations', Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clae.2020.06.004

Rayamajhee B; Willcox M; Henriquez FL; Petsoglou C; Carnt N, 2021, 'Acanthamoeba keratitis - an increasingly common infectious disease of the cornea', The Lancet Microbe, 2, pp. e345 - e346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2666-5247(21)00093-8

Arshad M; Carnt N; Tan J; Stapleton F, 2021, 'The Effect of Water Exposure on Contact Lens Storage Case Contamination in Soft Contact Lens Wearers', Optometry and Vision Science

Huynh B; Shah P; Sii F; Hunter D; Carnt N; White A, 2021, 'Low systemic vitamin D as a potential risk factor in primary open-angle glaucoma: A review of current evidence', British Journal of Ophthalmology, 105, pp. 595 - 601, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2020-316331

Samuels A; Yeo SLS; Carnt N, 2021, 'Important concepts in contact lens compliance - 2020 and beyond', Optometry in Practice, 22

Stapleton F; Bakkar M; Carnt N; Chalmers R; Vijay AK; Marasini S; Ng A; Tan J; Wagner H; Woods C; Wolffsohn JS, 2021, 'CLEAR - Contact lens complications', Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 44, pp. 330 - 367, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clae.2021.02.010

Szczotka-Flynn LB; Shovlin JP; Schnider CM; Caffery BE; Alfonso EC; Carnt NA; Chalmers RL; Collier S; Jacobs DS; Joslin CE; Kroken AR; Lakkis C; Pearlman E; Schein OD; Stapleton F; Tu E; Willcox MDP, 2021, 'American Academy of Optometry Microbial Keratitis Think Tank', Optometry and Vision Science, 98, pp. 182 - 198, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OPX.0000000000001664

Dart J; Setterfield J; Groves RW; Mee JB; Diercks GFH; Pas HH; Minassian D; Booth D; Reid E; Carnt N; Gugliemetti S; Shanmuganathan V; Watson M; Saw V; Wilkins M; McCudden V; Ahmad S; Bunce C; Calder V; Challacombe S; Gleeson M; Ali S; Lund V; Sandhu G, 2021, 'Autoantibody Detection for Diagnosis in Direct Immunofluorescence-Negative Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid: Ocular and Other Sites Compared', Ophthalmology, 128, pp. 372 - 382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.07.052

Arshad M; Carnt N; Tan J; Stapleton F, 2021, 'Compliance behaviour change in contact lens wearers: a randomised controlled trial', Eye (Basingstoke), 35, pp. 988 - 995, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41433-020-1015-9

Carnt NA; Pang I; Burdon KP; Calder V; Dart JK; Subedi D; Hardcastle AJ, 2021, 'Innate and adaptive gene single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with susceptibility of severe inflammatory complications in acanthamoeba keratitis', Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 62, pp. 33 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/IOVS.62.3.33

Rayamajhee B; Subedi D; Peguda HK; Willcox MD; Henriquez FL; Carnt N, 2021, 'A systematic review of intracellular microorganisms within acanthamoeba to understand potential impact for infection', Pathogens, 10, pp. 1 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10020225

Shrestha GS; Vijay AK; Stapleton F; Henriquez FL; Carnt N, 2021, 'Understanding clinical and immunological features associated with Pseudomonas and Staphylococcus keratitis', Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 44, pp. 3 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clae.2020.11.014

Arshad S; Petsoglou C; Lee T; Al-Tamimi A; Carnt NA, 2021, '20 years since the Herpetic Eye Disease Study: Lessons, developments and applications to clinical practice', Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 104, pp. 396 - 405, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08164622.2021.1877531

Hart KM; Stapleton F; Carnt N; Arundel L; Lian KY, 2021, 'Optometry Australia’s infection control guidelines 2020', Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 104, pp. 267 - 284, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08164622.2021.1887704

Rayamajhee B; Subedi D; Won S; Kim J; Vijay A; Tan J; Henriquez FL; Willcox M; Carnt NA; Showyin J, 2020, 'Investigating domestic shower settings as a risk factor for acanthamoeba keratitis', Water (Switzerland), 12, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w12123493

Carnt NA; Subedi D; Lim AW; Lee R; Mistry P; Badenoch PR; Kilvington S; Dutta D, 2020, 'Prevalence and seasonal variation of Acanthamoeba in domestic tap water in greater Sydney, Australia', Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 103, pp. 782 - 786, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cxo.13065

Wu YTY; Ho A; Naduvilath T; Lim C; Carnt N; Keay LJ; Edwards KP; Stapleton F, 2020, 'The risk of vision loss in contact lens wear and following LASIK', Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 40, pp. 241 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/opo.12663

Carnt NA; Subedi D; Connor S; Kilvington S, 2020, 'The relationship between environmental sources and the susceptibility of Acanthamoeba keratitis in the United Kingdom', PLoS ONE, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229681

Carnt NA; Cipriani V; Stapleton FJ; Calder V; Willcox MD, 2019, 'Association study of single nucleotide polymorphisms in IL-10 and IL-17 genes with the severity of microbial keratitis', Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 42, pp. 658 - 661, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clae.2019.06.007

Arshad M; Carnt N; Tan J; Ekkeshis I; Stapleton F, 2019, 'Water Exposure and the Risk of Contact Lens-Related Disease', Cornea, 38, pp. 791 - 797, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ICO.0000000000001898

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