objective: to report a case of periocular dirofilariasis. patient and findings: a 27-year-old female referred with history of edema and redness in left eye for two days. on slit-lamp examination, a moving threadlike worm was seen in subconjunctival area. two days later a live filaria worm measuring 12 cm in length was extracted from lower lid subcutaneous tissue. the worm was diagnosed dirofila...

The Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV), a member of the Herpesvirus family, occurs commonly and infects more than 90% people worldwide. Most systemic EBV infections throughout childhood adulthood are typically asymptomatic or paucisymptomatic. Even though ocular involvements in infrequently reported, an increasing number manifestations have been previously reported . Ocular manifestation caused by infect...

Acrophialophora fusispora is a filamentous fungus that found in soil and rarely infects humans. We herein report the first case of fungal keratitis caused by A. Japan present review literature on human infections with species. A 62-year-old Japanese male immunosuppressive therapy developed after removal corneal foreign body from his left eye. Voriconazole eye drops systemic for post-traumatic d...

purpose: to assess the relative frequencies of etiologies leading to eye removal in patients who referred to feiz hospital, isfahan, between 2011 and 2014. methods: this retrospective study was conducted on patients who underwent eye removal at feiz hospital. age, sex, eye laterality, underlying etiology, visual acuity, and surgical technique (enucleation, evisceration, or exenteration) were re...

dirofilariasis is caused by a filariid parasite of the genus dirofilaria. this zoonotic infection is spread by mosquito vector from animal to human. ocular dirofilariasis involving the eye and adnexa is rare. a nodule in the right eye had developed in a 20-year-old soldier from mazandaran province, north of iran. the mass was removed surgically and measured 5x5 mm. the specimen was identified o...

introduction: acanthamoeba is an opportunistic protist, which is ubiquitously distributed in the environment. infection with acanthamoeba spp. poses threat to human health, such as, acanthamoeba keratitis (ak) that is a vision-threatening infection of the cornea. this study aimed to identify the species of acanthamoeba strains isolated from cornea of keratitis patients by polymerase chain react...

An ocular Toxocara canis infection is reported for the first time in Vietnam. A 34-year-old man residing in a village of Son La Province, North Vietnam, visited the National Eye Hospital (NEH) in August 2011. He felt a bulge-sticking pain in his left eye and loss of vision occurred over 3 months before visiting the hospital. The eye examination in the hospital showed damage of the left eye, red...

Previous findings indicate that the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is a ligand for Pseudomonas aeruginosa ingestion into respiratory epithelial cells. In experimental murine keratitis, P. aeruginosa enters corneal epithelial cells. We determined the importance of CFTR-mediated uptake of P. aeruginosa by corneal cells in experimental eye infections. Entry of noncytoto...