Trachomatous Conjunctivitis

Immunopathology of trachomatous conjunctivitis.

Upper palpebral conjunctival biopsy specimens obtained from eight patients with active trachoma were examined by routine histological and immunohistochemical methods. The epithelium expressed class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) products throughout and class II MHC products in the superficial layers. The epithelial inflammatory infiltrate consisted of polymorphonuclear leucocytes, mac...

Expression of gelatinase B in trachomatous conjunctivitis.

BACKGROUND/AIMS Gelatinase B is a matrix metalloproteinase involved in extracellular matrix (ECM) breakdown often associated with scarring and other pathological disorders. It was investigated whether gelatinase B is involved in the pathogenesis of ECM degradation associated with trachomatous conjunctivitis. METHODS Conjunctival biopsy specimens obtained from six patients with active trachoma...

Penetrating keratoplasty in trachomatous patients.

Denig's Operation for Trachomatous Pannus.

A married female, aged 34, came to the London Jewish Hospital over 22 years ago with trachoma and pannus crassus of the right eye. Treatment by the ordinary methods was unsuccessful and consequently the operation of transplanting mucous membrane of the lip on to the eye (Denig's operation), was performed. For cosmetic reasons the mucous membrane graft was placed 2 or 3 mm. above the corneal lim...

BACTERIAL CONJUNCTIVITIS IN ZAHEDAN

The objective of this study was to determine the most common type of pathogen causing conjunctivitis. Out of 495 patients who referred to the Zahedan Eye Clinic from May 22, 199 1 to October 22, 1992,296 cases were diagnosed as nonbacterial conjunctivitis. From the remaining number of cases, two patients had chlamydia and six patients had Candida albicans, while the frequency of bacterial i...