Candida and other fungal species account for approximately 9.5% of nosocomial bloodstream infections in the United States, with an incidence of 4.6 per 10,000 admissions [1]. Patients with a history of diabetes, indwelling lines/catheters, hyperalimentation, and immunocompromise are at increased risk for fungal bloodstream infections [2-5]. Dissemination of fungal organisms to the eye can occur...

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PURPOSE To study the clinical characteristics of a cohort of Spanish patients diagnosed with Behcet disease and who also presented ocular inflammation. METHODS Thirty cases of Behcet disease were studied retrospectively. The authors studied age distribution, distribution by sex, clinical course, laterality, type of uveitis, secondary glaucoma, corneal involvement, hypopyon, iris-lens synechia...

Toxoplasma immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies were evaluated in an immunosorbent agglutination assay (ISAGA) and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to determine their usefulness in the diagnosis of acute infection with Toxoplasma gondii. IgE antibodies were not detected in serum specimens from otherwise seronegative individuals, individuals with chronic toxoplasma infection, or infants...