Four patients with toxoplasmosis are reported with unusual presenting ocular lesions. One patient had an active lesion that appeared to involve the optic nerve as well as focal toxoplasmosis chorioretinitis at the macula. A second patient had a pale optic nerve in association with the classical chorioretinal scars of toxoplasmosis. The third patient had toxoplasmosis chorioretinitis of the macu...

The authors have no relevant financial interest in this article. ThisworkwassupportedbyGrantin-Aid No. 03671836 for Scientific Research from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture, and a Grant forResearchonEyeandEarScience, Immunology,Allergy,andOrgan Transplantation from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan. Corresponding author and reprints: Shunji Kusaka, MD, Di...

Fungal chorioretinitis is a rare complication of neonatal fungemia that may lead to vision loss. Early diagnosis and aggressive treatment are essential to avoid vision loss. This study describes a case of a full term infant with candidiasis infection, which disseminated from the eye to the hip joint, and the diagnosis and treatment of fungal chorioretinitis and hip osteoarthritis with systemic ...

Ocular toxoplasmosis is considered to be the most commonly recognized cause of chorioretinitis in the United States. It is commonly believed that the majority of cases of acute toxoplasmic chorioretinitis involving adults in the United States are late sequelae of congenital infection and that the condition is rarely associated with acute postnatally acquired infection. We report here the clinic...

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Chickenpox infection in an adult was complicated by peripheral chorioretinitis and treated with oral acyclovir. Similarities of this case to the recently proposed mild type of acute retinal necrosis syndrome are discussed.

We have previously shown that the Igh-1 locus on chromosome 12 of the mouse influences contralateral disease patterns in the modified von-Szily model. Following intracameral injection with 1.5 X 10(4) PFU of HSV strain KOS (HSV-KOS), 75% of BALB/cByJ (Igh-1a), 30% of C.AL-20 (Igh-1d) and 5% of C.B-17 (Igh-1b) mice develop contralateral chorioretinal necrosis. In contrast, Igh-1 congenic mice do...