INTRODUCTION Scleritis and peripheral ulcerative keratitis are ocular manifestations found in many inflammations and infections. Therefore, their association should prompt a search for inflammatory or infectious causes that may be life-threatening, especially in the context of AIDS due to HIV infection. FINDINGS We report the case of a 37-year-old female, first seen in 2011 with a nodular scl...

We present a case of infectious crystalline keratopathy in a patient with Graft-versus-Host disease (GVHD) who developed satellite fungal keratitis. A 51-year-old man was referred for bilateral total persistent corneal epithelial defects with severe dry eye. Although persistent epithelial defect healed with medical therapy, he developed stromal keratitis with satellite lesions confirmed to be s...

PURPOSE We report a case of a patient with a history of glomerulonephropathy, not disclosed prior to laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK), who developed severe postoperative peripheral ulcerative keratitis (PUK) soon after surgery. METHOD Case report. RESULTS Within a week of surgery, the patient, who had no blepharitis or ocular surface disease, also developed diffuse lamellar keratitis (D...

among villages in the analysis. Furthermore, our analysis assessed the prevalence of clinically active trachoma in a village as opposed to its presence in an individual. A village-level analysis is most useful for trachoma program managers, who make treatment decisions based on the prevalence of trachoma in a village. Our findings suggest that in areas with hyperendemic trachoma treated through...