background and aims: epstein-barr (ebv) virus infection is very common in the population. virus belongs to the family herpesviridae, whose representatives are characterized by the ability to cause the human body latent persistent infections. the goal of study is to assess ebv infection frequency and pcr method in the choice of ebv in inflammatory eye disease, comparing with ebv presence in eye ...

background and aims: cytomegalovirus (cmv) infection is very common in the population. virus belongs to the family herpesviridae, whose representatives are characterized by the ability to cause the human body's latent persistent infections. the goal of the study is to assess the cmvv infection frequency and pcr method in the choice of cmv in inflammatory eye disease, comparing with cmv pre...

FEW cases of corneal ulceration, proved to be of Ps. pyocyaneus origin, have been described. The case described below is similar to two reported by Ainslie and Smith (1952), and to ten reported by Bignell (1951), all of which were seen in London. The clinical history and appearance of the ulcer were so typical, and the response to Polymyxin B was so prompt that this case is considered worthy of...

Myiasis of different organs has been reported from various regions in the world. Infection of the eye might appear as eyelids problems or conjunctiva (ophthalmomyiasis externa), or the larvae may invade into the eye (ophthalmomyiasis interna). We report 4 human cases of external ophthalmic myasis from Yazd province, in central region of Iran. All of them referred with symptoms of acute conjunct...

This is a report of a case with unilateral cavernous sinus thrombosis due to ipsilateral ethmoid sinusitis. A 10 year old female was admitted in our hospital with severe headache, purulent postnasal discharge, right eye proptosis and third cranial nerve palsy in the same eye. She had history of viral upper respiratory tract infection and then acute otitis media which did not improve with rou...