Normal fungal conjunctiva microbiota of horses remains stable in healthy animals, free from ocular and/or systemic diseases which may, eventually, cause ocular alterations. The knowledge of the fungal microbiota is of great importance due to the reduced number of studies reported in the literature and also to the large occurrence of ocular alterations, mainly keratomycosis, in these animals. Th...

Thirty-seven house finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) with conjunctivitis were admitted to a rehabilitation center. Six (35%) of 17 conjunctival swab samples collected before treatment began were positive on culture for Mycoplasma gallisepticum. All birds were treated with cipro­ f10xacin hydrochloride ophthalmic solution (one drop in each eye [OU] q 12h) for 5 to 7 days and tylosin tartrate in wat...

A 3-year-old boy presented with history of trauma to the left eye after he accidentally injured his eye with a broom stick made up from coconut skewers. There was history of cats as their pets but not dogs. Ocular examination revealed left superonasal conjunctival laceration and scleral perforation with prolapsed vitreous. Fundus examination showed minimal vitreous haemorrhage and flat retina. ...

STUDY OBJECTIVES We conducted a retrospective study on patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and evaluated the incidence and prevalence of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection. METHODS Sixty-one consecutive patients with AMI aged younger than 65 years were enrolled. Within 24 h of hospital admission, serum samples and pharyngeal swab specimens were obtained from all patients. In 49 of 61 ...

Among blood preparations, serum has been topically used in the management of various ocular diseases in ophthalmology. Like peripheral blood serum, umbilical cord blood serum contains a high concentration of essential tear components, growth factors, neurotrophic factors, vitamin A, fibronectin, prealbumin, and oil. Umbilical cord serum can provide basic nutrients for epithelial renewal and can...

The ocular surface was once considered immune privileged and abiotic, but recently it appears that there is a small, persistent commensal presence. Identification monitoring of bacterial species at the mucosa have been challenging due to their low abundance limited availability appropriate methodology for growth identification. There are two standard approaches: culture based or DNA sequencing ...

OBJECTIVE To determine within a cat shelter effects of dietary lysine supplementation on nasal and ocular disease and detection of nucleic acids of Chlamydophila felis, feline calicivirus (FCV), and feline herpesvirus (FHV-1). ANIMALS 261 adult cats. PROCEDURES Cats were fed a diet containing 1.7% (basal diet; control cats) or 5.7% (supplemented diet; treated cats) lysine for 4 weeks. Plasm...

PURPOSE To determine if lamellar keratoplasty in rabbits latently infected with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) would stimulate graft recipients to shed virus and induce viral-specific corneal lesions. METHODS Rabbits latently infected with HSV-1 received lamellar allografts in one eye from normal uninfected rabbits and the contralateral eyes served as unoperated controls. Normal rabbits ...

Accepted for publication 13 July 1993 Case report An 80-year-old man presented with a 1 week history of redness and discharge 11 weeks after an uncomplicated left extracapsular lens extraction and posterior chamber lens implantation. On examination there was evidence of posterior blepharitis, with conjunctival injection and a few follicles present. The cornea was clear, with a few cells present...