Toxoplasmosis, an overview with emphasis on ocular involvement.

abstract：PURPOSE:To present fundus autofluorescence (FAF), indocyanine green angiography (ICGA), and microperimetry (MP) findings of a patient with multiple evanescent white dot syndrome (MEWDS). METHODS:Observational case report. RESULTS:A 30-year-old woman with blurry vision was referred for evaluation. Fundus examination r...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Yenerel NM,Kucumen B,Gorgun E,Dinc UA

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The most distinctive patterns of posterior pole affectation in syphilitic patients are acute posterior placoid chorioretinitis (ASPPC), pseudoretinitis pigmentosa and panuveitis with white focal preretinal opacities. However, outer retinitis is not a common presenting feature in this disease. CASE REPORT:...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Vidal-Villegas B,Arcos-Villegas G,Fernández-Vigo JI,Díaz-Valle D

更新日期：2020-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports have shown that dry eye in Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is associated with reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in lacrimal glands. However, the number of patients examined were few and it has not been determined whether dry eye in the absence of SS is also related to EBV reactivation. The authors exam...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Toda I,Ono M,Fujishima H,Tsubota K

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The study was to evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of nested polymerase chain reaction (nPCR) using primers targeting B1 gene of Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) with Witmer Desmonts coefficient (WDC) technique in intraocular fluids of clinically suspected toxoplasma retino choroiditis (TRC) patients. MATERIALS ...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Mahalakshmi B,Therese KL,Madhavan HN,Biswas J

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To assess changes in aqueous humor (AH) levels of cytokines following dexamethasone intravitreal implant (DEX) injection for diabetic macular edema (DME).Methods: Sixteen DME and cataract cases series study. Anterior chamber AH sampling was performed at baseline at DEX injection time (T1), cataract surgery 8 ...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Figueras-Roca M,Sala-Puigdollers A,Alforja S,Torras J,Peraza-Nieves J,Zarranz-Ventura J,Adan Civera A,Molins B

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the clinical course of uveitis-associated inflammatory papillitis and evaluate the utility and reproducibility of optic nerve spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). METHODS:Data on 22 eyes of 14 patients with uveitis-related papillitis and optic nerve imaging were reviewed. SD-OCT m...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Cho H,Pillai P,Nicholson L,Sobrin L

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose:: Fungal endophthalmitis following pars plana vitrectomy with silicone oil tamponade is an infrequent entity. Filamentous fungi like aspergillus are generally associated with endophthalmitis. Mucor is a rarely implicated pathogen in cases of endophthalmitis with only two reported cases in medical literature. B...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Dogra M,Bhutani G,Gupta V

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Uveitic macular edema (UME) is a significant cause of visual impairment in all uveitis types. Methods: Reports that were cited in the MEDLINE database, that analyzed the effectiveness of biologics for UME in at least five patients, with a minimum follow-up of 3 months, published prior to April 1, 2019 we...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Radosavljevic A,Agarwal M,Bodaghi B,Smith JR,Zierhut M

更新日期：2020-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To report the ocular and systemic features in patients with definite and presumed sarcoidosis presenting to a tertiary referral eye center in south India. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Retrospective observational case series. Records of 51 patients with diagnosis of sarcoidosis were retrieved. A complete ophthalmic evalua...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Babu K,Kini R,Mehta R,Abraham MP,Subbakrishna DK,Murthy KR

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To compare genetic testing for microbes in infectious endophthalmitis or uveitis to culture.Methods: This was a retrospective, single-center case series that enrolled patients with clinically suspected endophthalmitis or uveitis of unknown etiology. Aqueous humor or vitreous was collected and sent for routine...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Sandhu HS,Hajrasouliha A,Kaplan HJ,Wang W

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The authors report a case of a 60-year-old Caucasian male with a background of treated Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL) with secondary hypogammaglobulinaemia present with toxoplasma chorioretinitis and negative serum toxoplasma serology on presentation and on subsequent reactivation. METHODS:Retrospective c...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Rajput R,Denniston AK,Murray PI

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study use of optical coherence tomography (OCT) for macular edema in uveitis. METHODS:In total, 44 patients with uveitis and macular edema underwent OCT. Data obtained were correlated with anatomic type, duration of uveitis, and visual acuity (VA). RESULTS:Both cystoid macular edema (CME) and diffuse macul...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Iannetti L,Accorinti M,Liverani M,Caggiano C,Abdulaziz R,Pivetti-Pezzi P

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Onchocercal keratitis (river blindness) is one of the leading worldwide causes of blindness. Light microscopic analysis of human specimens and corneal tissue from experimental models has implicated the eosinophil as an important cell in the inflammatory response. Our previous studies in experimental murine onchocercal...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Bardenstein DS,Lass JH,Kazura JW,Pearlman E

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in children with human immunodeficiency virus disease without cytomegalovirus retinitis or visual symptoms. METHODS:Thirty-eight eyes of 19 human immunodeficiency virus-positive children (group A) with visual acuity of 20/20 or better, normal color vision testi...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Moschos MM,Mostrou G,Psimenidou E,Spoulou V,Theodoridou M

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the long-term efficacy of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) in uveitic cystoid macular edema (CMO). METHODS:Thirty-eight uveitis patients with CMO treated with MMF with a follow-up of at least 5 years were analyzed. The patients were divided into two groups: group A, 24 patients with CMO that had occurred ...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Doycheva D,Zierhut M,Blumenstock G,Stuebiger N,Deuter C

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the 10-year drug retention rate of infliximab (IFX) in Behçet's disease (BD)-related uveitis, the effect of a concomitant use of disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) on drug survival and differences according to the lines of biologic treatment. METHODS:Cumulative survival rates were stud...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Fabiani C,Sota J,Vitale A,Emmi G,Vannozzi L,Bacherini D,Lopalco G,Guerriero S,Venerito V,Orlando I,Franceschini R,Fusco F,Frediani B,Galeazzi M,Iannone F,Tosi GM,Cantarini L

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Primary vitreoretinal lymphomas (PVRL) pose a major diagnostic challenge, especially in the countries with a high prevalence of infectious variety of uveitis. The present study aims to report the clinical characteristics and diagnostic difficulties in patients with PVRL in an Indian Population. METHODS:Retrosp...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Mahajan S,Nijhawan R,Rajwanshi A,Karkhur S,Mulkutar S,Dogra M,Lal V,Gupta V,Gupta A

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To demonstrate that fundus autofluorescence (FAF) imaging aides the diagnosis of rubella retinopathy (RR). METHODS:Four patients with sensorineural hearing loss underwent ophthalmic exams, electro-retinogram testing (ERG), and FAF in both eyes. Fluorescein angiogram (FA) was performed in one case. RESULTS:Sal...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Goldberg N,Chou J,Moore A,Tsang S

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the effects of dihydrotestosterone (DHT) on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced proinflammatory cytokine release in human ocular surface epithelial cells exposed to LPS and LPS-binding protein (LBP).Methods: Immortalized human corneal, conjunctival, and meibomian gland epi...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Marangoz D,Oner C,Schicht M,Turgut Cosan D,Paulsen F,Yildiz E,Zibandeh N,Sahin A

更新日期：2019-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In eyes with suspected endophthalmitis, early diagnosis and appropriate treatment have been noted to be associated with a better visual outcome. Currently, however, confirmation of the diagnosis of endophthalmitis (bacterial and/or fungal) is dependent on conventional techniques of microbiological isolation of organis...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Okhravi N,Adamson P,Lightman S

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate morphology of the optic nerve head and visual field in AIDS patients without retinitis. METHODS:One randomly selected eye from 246 patients with AIDS without retinitis was evaluated from prospective multicenter Longitudinal Studies of Ocular Complications of AIDS. Stereo fundus photographs of OHN a...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Kozak I,Ahuja A,Gangaputra S,Van Natta ML,Thorne JE,Freeman WR

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nedocromil sodium (NS) and sodium cromoglycate (CS) (both applied locally into the conjunctival sac) reduced in a dose dependent manner plasma extravasation induced by topical bradykinin and by topical substance P (SP), NS being approximately ten times more potent than CS. Plasma extravasation induced by SP was unaffe...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Javdan P,Figini M,Ricciardolo FL,Geppetti P

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report the clinical course, treatment response, and prognosis of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia endophthalmitis following cataract extraction. METHODS:The clinical records of six cases of S. maltophilia endophthalmitis after cataract extraction were retrospectively reviewed. Data were collected for surgical c...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Karakurt A,Abdik O,Sengün A,Karadağ R,Saricaoğlu S,Sarikatipoğlu HY,Hasiripi H

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare QuantiFERON®-TB Gold and tuberculin skin testing as diagnostic tests for intraocular tuberculosis in HIV positive and negative patients. METHODS:A prospective study evaluating two different tests to help diagnose intraocular tuberculosis. RESULTS:Thirty-five of 106 patients (33.0%) were diagnosed w...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Smit DP,Esterhuizen TM,Meyer D

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To report a case of choroidal neovascularization (CNV), which was not obvious with dye angiography but was detected with optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA).Methods: A 50-year-old female presented with decreased vision in her right eye. Funduscopic examination revealed a swollen hyperemic disc, pe...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Demirel S,Yalçındağ N,Yanık Ö,Batıoğlu F,Özmert E

更新日期：2020-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the clinical characteristics, diagnosis, and treatment of VIAU in immunocompromised patients. METHODS:A critical review of literature was performed. RESULTS:Diagnosis and treatment of VIAU in immunocompromised patients may be a challenge due to atypical clinical-courses, severe presentations, and ...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： de-la-Torre A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare Behçet uveitis patients who presented in the 1990s and 2000s. METHODS:Records of 170 patients seen in 1990-1994 and 258 patients seen in 2000-2004 were reviewed. Presenting features were analyzed in the whole cohort. Uveitis attacks, vision, complications, and immunomodulatory treatment (IMT) were c...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Cingu AK,Onal S,Urgancioglu M,Tugal-Tutkun I

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of intravitreal ganciclovir (GCV) injection in refractory endotheliitis.Methods: Retrospectively recruited 25 eyes with endotheliitis, proved by clinical manifestations, positive PCR for viral DNA and responded poor to topical and systemic antiviral medications. All patient...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Yu T,Peng RM,Xiao GG,Feng LN,Hong J

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the pre-cyclosporin therapy era, BenEzra and Cohen(1) reported an appalling visual prognosis of patients with Behçet's disease, with 74% of eyes losing useful vision six to ten years after diagnosis. This experience was in a population largely of Mediterranean origin and it has been suggested that different ethnic ...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Towler HM,Lightman S

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To study treatment outcomes with and without oral corticosteroids in epidemic retinitis (ER).Method: A retrospective, observational study of 35 eyes of 29 patients diagnosed as ER. Days taken for resolution of macular edema and retinitis lesions were compared in patients treated with oral antibiotics (Group 1...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Kawali A,Srinivasan S,Mohan A,Bavaharan B,Mahendradas P,Shetty B

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00