Can we be more objective in determining the response to treatment in uveitis patients aside from recording anterior chamber reaction?

abstract：BACKGROUND:An HLA-DQ1 association has been suspected in patients who develop Propionibacterium acnes endophthalmitis following cataract surgery. New techniques exist which may help to define this association. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Patients with culture-proven P. acnes endophthalmitis following cataract surgery were HL...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Davis JL,Winward KR,Lonardo EC,Nussenblatt RB,Meisler DM,Lee TD

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behçet's disease is the most frequently encountered form of endogenous uveitis in Japan. The authors examined the clinical manifestations in cases with Behçet's disease over six years (1987-1992), and compared the results with those of a previous study (1978-1983). In the more recent study the number of new patients w...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Kotake S,Furudate N,Sasamoto Y,Yoshikawa K,Okamoto T,Goda C,Matsuda H

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To present the clinical characteristics of patients with anterior uveitis who had evidence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection on polymerase chain reaction PCR-based assays for viral DNA in aqueous samples. METHODS:This was a retrospective observational case series of 16 patients with CMV infection on qualitati...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Woo JH,Lim WK,Ho SL,Teoh SC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Copper (Cu) is an essential trace element; however excess is toxic due to the pro-oxidant activity. Increased intracellular Cu levels in vitreous and monocyte were reported in Eales disease (ED) previously. Copper transporter1 (CTR1) maintains copper homeostasis and hence, we studied the presence of CTR1 in ocu...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Gomathy Narayanan I,Saravanan R,Bharathselvi M,Biswas J,Sulochana KN

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate corneal parameters of scleroderma (SC) patients by Pentacam-HR. METHODS:Twenty-two eyes of 22 SC patients and 33 eyes of 33 control subjects were enrolled. All participants underwent Pentacam (Pentacam-HR, Oculus, Germany) evaluation. Both SC and control groups were divided into two subgroups as dr...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Şahin M,Yüksel H,Şahin A,Cingü AK,Türkcü FM,Kaya S,Yazmalar L,Batmaz İ

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess correlation for anterior chamber flare grading between clinicians with different levels of experience and with semi-automated flare reading in a cohort of patients with heterogeneous uveitic entities. METHODS:Fifty-nine observations from 36 patients were recorded and analyzed for statistical associat...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Agrawal R,Keane PA,Singh J,Saihan Z,Kontos A,Pavesio CE

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scleritis is a severe and destructive inflammatory eye disease characterized by extensive extracellular matrix degradation. As in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), tissue destruction in scleritis may be mediated in part by matrix metalloproteinases such as collagenase (MMP-1) and stromelysin (MMP-3) which are normally kept i...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Girolamo ND,McCluskey PJ,Lloyd A,Wakefield D

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: The purpose of the study is to quantify aqueous flare using laser flare photometry (LFM) in patients undergoing 25-G pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) and assess the need for postoperative topical corticosteroid administration . Methods: Prospective evaluation of 50 eyes (50 patients) was performed using LFM until ...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Agarwal A,Joshi D,Katoch D,Aggarwal K,Singh R,Gupta V

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To describe the long-term clinical outcomes in a cohort of uveitic eyes treated with the intravitreal dexamethasone implant (Ozurdex; Allergan, Inc).Methods: Seventy-nine (63 patients) receiving 134 implant injections over 82 months were included. Indication, visual acuity (VA), intraocular pressure (IOP), vi...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Alba-Linero C,Sala-Puigdollers A,Romero B,Llorenç V,Adan A,Zarranz-Ventura J

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the performance of T-SPOT.TB, an interferon gamma release assay test, in patients with ocular tuberculosis (TB) in a BCG-vaccinated, non-endemic population. METHODS:We employed a nested case-control design. In total, 45 subjects were enrolled (23 patients with ocular tuberculosis and 22 patients w...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Urzua CA,Liberman P,Abuauad S,Sabat P,Castiglione E,Beltran-Videla MA,Aguilera R

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors investigated 32 human corneal buttons of patients suffering from severe eye burns. The keratoplasties were performed in different periods after the burn and collected within five years. Grafts were followed-up until they failed because of ulceration or until rehabilitating keratoplasties were performed. Ea...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Becker J,Salla S,Redbrake C,Schrage NF,Reim M

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize nodular lesions of the retina and optic nerve with spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) in patients with sarcoidosis. METHODS:This is a retrospective series of 6 eyes from 5 patients with an established diagnosis of sarcoidosis, with clinically detected nodules of the optic ner...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Goldberg NR,Jabs DA,Busingye J

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report the visual field changes in patients with serpiginous choroiditis as seen in a referral clinic in India. METHODS:A retrospective noncomparative case series was conducted. Twenty-nine eyes of 17 patients who were diagnosed with serpiginous choroiditis were included in the study. Clinical findings were...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Balarabe AH,Biswas J

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasmosis is a common parasitic zoonosis and an important cause of abortions, mental retardation, encephalitis, blindness, and death worldwide. Although a large body of literature has emerged on the subject in the past decades, many questions about the pathogenesis and treatment of the disease remain unanswered. T...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Klaren VN,Kijlstra A

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To report an unusual case of corneal graft rejection after yellow fever vaccine. Methods: Case report. Results: We have described the case of a 48-year-old man who developed a corneal graft rejection in the left eye 3 weeks after a yellow fever vaccination. The ophthalmic examination of the left eye revealed ...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Vignapiano R,Vicchio L,Favuzza E,Cennamo M,Mencucci R

更新日期：2021-01-28 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 evaluation of optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans in the Muliticenter Uveitis Steroid Treatment (MUST) trial and report baseline OCT features of enrolled participants. METHODS:Time-domain OCTs acquired by certified photographers using a standardized scan protocol were evaluated at a readin...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Domalpally A,Altaweel MM,Kempen JH,Myers D,Davis JL,Foster CS,Latkany P,Srivastava SK,Stawell RJ,Holbrook JT,MUST Trial Research Group.

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the incidence and risk factors of secondary glaucoma among uveitis patients. METHODS:Retrospective review of medical records of 642 patients (1220 eyes). RESULTS:Glaucoma was diagnosed in 169 (13.9%) eyes and was most common in eyes with anterior uveitis (19.1%) (p < 0.001). HLA-B27-positive an...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Al Rubaie K,Al Dhahri H,Al Fawaz A,Hemachandran S,Mousa A,Mohamed AG,Al-Obeidan SA,Abu El-Asrar AM

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the prevalence of viral infections in patients with hypertensive anterior uveitis in Thailand from polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of aqueous humor. METHODS:Thirty-one patients with anterior uveitis with intraocular pressure (IOP) above 25 mmHg were included for PCR analysis for cytomegalovirus (C...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Khieu C,Kongyai N,Pathanapitoon K,Van Der Eijk AA,Rothova A

更新日期：2020-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To review the broad spectrum of clinical neuro-ophthalmic presentations associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Methods: Critical review of the literature regarding neuro-ophthalmic consequences of HIV infection and its sequelae. Results: Neuro-ophthalmological diseases are common in bot...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Gordon LK,Danesh-Meyer H

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the changes of effector-related phenotypic markers and the natural killer (NK)-like effector functions of CD8(bright)CD56+ T cells in patients with Behçet uveitis after combined cyclosporine and prednisone (Cs/Pd) treatment. METHODS:Ten patients with active Behçet panuveitis and 10 healthy contr...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Ahn JK,Park YG,Park SW,Yoon KC,Yu HG,Chung H

更新日期：2006-10-01 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：UNLABELLED:Abstract Purpose: To characterize and analyze ocular involvement associated with visual loss in a cohort of patients with rickettsial disease. METHODS:Retrospective study of 16 eyes of 14 patients. RESULTS:Mean initial visual acuity (VA) was 20/63 (range, 20/800-20/25). White retinal lesions infiltrating i...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Kahloun R,Gargouri S,Abroug N,Sellami D,Ben Yahia S,Feki J,Khairallah M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare histopathological and biochemical effects of the anti-TNF-alpha drugs adalimumab and infliximab in a uveitis experimental model. METHODS:Histopathological evaluation was performed 24 h after endotoxin (200 microg into the footpad) and drug administration, as well as biochemical analysis of oxidative...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Johnsen-Soriano S,Sancho-Tello M,Arnal E,Díaz-Llopis M,Navea A,Miranda M,Bosch-Morell F,Romero FJ

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：:We report on a 22-years-old Thai male patient with congenital HIV infection. Due to his non-adherence to antiretroviral treatment he developed disseminated Talaromyces marneffei infection and was treated with intravenous amphotericin B. Despite this treatment, he presented with bilateral granulomatous anterior uveitis...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Khieu C,Apivatthakakul A,Kunavisarut P,Pathanapitoon K

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To analyze the retinal findings in patients with ARN, optical coherence tomography (OCT) was performed. METHODS:Seven patients (7 eyes) with ARN were studied using OCT. RESULTS:OCT images depicted highly reflective areas in the inner layers of the retina in all seven cases, corresponding with the yellowish-wh...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Suzuki J,Goto H,Minoda H,Iwasaki T,Sakai J,Usui M

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The authors observed that eyes with acute fibrinous central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) masquerading active choroiditis had a "dark spot" within the yellow fibrinous deposit. The present study aims to describe this sign as a clinical indicator of acute serofibrinous exudative detachment, thus helping to diff...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Parchand S,Gupta V,Gupta A,Dogra MR,Singh R,Sharma A

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose : To clarify whether a true neuroretinitis is part of  idiopathic retinal vasculitis, aneurysms, and neuroretinitis (IRVAN) syndrome.Methods : Critical literature review.Results : Neuroretinitis has been considered as a prominent feature of IRVAN syndrome. It has been described as late diffuse optic  disc stai...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Khairallah M,Khochtali S,Ksiaa I

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe a patient with a tolerated cilium in the anterior chamber. METHODS:A 15-year-old girl, referred with a 5-year trauma history, was examined. A cilium was noted in the anterior chamber without any inflammation during routine ophthalmological examination. RESULTS:The cilium was removed surgically and...

journal_title：Ocular immunology and inflammation

authors： Kargi SH,Oz O,Erdinc E,Teke MY,Firat E

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00