Background Uveitis is an ocular disease that a major cause of morbidity and blindness in the developed world. Although Immunosuppressive drugs biologic therapy have been shown to be effective their treatment there are no clear protocols for use. Objectives To describe characteristics patients with uveitis associated immunologic or idiopathic who require immunosuppressive response real clinical ...

OBJECTIVES To determine the rate of endophthalmitis in a group of patients with keratoprostheses and to analyze possible risk factors. METHODS A total of 108 patient eyes, operated on between 1990 and 2000 with double-plated keratoprostheses, were analyzed with regard to the surface flora, the incidence and cause of bacterial endophthalmitis or sterile vitreitis, the keratoprosthesis design, ...

PURPOSE To describe the short-term anatomical and visual acuity responses after intravitreal injection of bevacizumab (Avastin, Genentech) in patients with choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD). METHODS We conducted a retrospective study of patients with CNV secondary to AMD who were treated with intravitreal injection of bevacizumab (1.25 mg) ...

A six-year-old girl presented with skin lesions on the left cheek at 5 years of age. On examination diffuse sclerosis on the left cheek was noted, hypoplasia of left half of the face and deviation of mouth and lips to left side were noted. Investigations show normal blood counts and rheumatoid factor and antinuclear antibody were negative. CT scan of brain was normal. Fundus examination reveale...

AIM To investigate the frequency of HLA-B27 in patients with presumed Bartonella henselae associated uveitis and to describe the clinical characteristics of HLA-B27 positive patients with uveitis and presumed ocular bartonellosis (POB). METHODS The diagnosis of POB was considered in 19 patients with unexplained uveitis (except for the HLA-B27 association) and high positive IgG (titre >/=1:900...

ity with R. sibirica subsp. mongolotimonae when compared with those in the GenBank database. Infections caused by R. sibirica subsp. mongolitimonae have been reported as lymphangitis-associated rickettsiosis (4). Our case-patient had the clinical symptoms reported for this disease: fever, maculopapular rash, eschar, enlarged satellite lymph nodes, and lymphangitis. Seasonal occurrence of this d...

Kawasaki disease (KD) is the multisystem vasculitis which is a cause of secondary heart disease in children [1]. Coronary artery aneurysm could be a cause of death in some cases of KD, so it is important to diagnose coronary artery complication [2]. KD could be diagnosed by having the following criteria: prolonged fever longer than 5 days and four of the five following main clinical features: (...

Xanthomonas maltophilia, previously known as Pseudomonas maltophilia and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, is a gram-negative motile bacillus that can be isolated from human, animal, and environmental sources. It may cause potentially lifethreatening opportunistic systemic infections. Most isolates demonstrate multidrug resistance, making it a highly virulent organism. Postoperative endophthalmitis...

30%–50% of immunosuppressed patients with coccidioidomycosis (3). Disseminated coccidioidomycosis typically involves the skin, meninges, or bone (3); however, intraocular involvement has also been described (1). A review of the literature shows 25 reported cases of intraocular coccidioidomycosis. When present, intraocular involvement is associated with serious consequences, frequently leading t...

A 16-year-old female honor student presented for evaluation of vertigo, headache, mild aphasia, and blurred vision. Her symptoms started approximately 2 months earlier when she experienced 3–4 days of intense vertigo and ear pain that waxed and waned and then gradually subsided. Her bifrontal headache initially was intermittent, but over the next several months, increased in severity and durati...