PURPOSE Toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis is thought to recur randomly. We sought to determine whether there is, instead, a longitudinal pattern of recurrences and to identify risk factors for recurrence. DESIGN Longitudinal cohort study. METHODS We collected the following data for 143 patients with toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis in The Netherlands: gender, first affected eye, age at first episo...

PURPOSE To assess the efficacy of oral azithromycin in the treatment of toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis. METHODS A randomized interventional comparative study was conducted on 14 patients with ocular toxoplasmosis who were treated with oral azithromycin and 13 patients who were treated with oral trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole for 6-12 weeks. The achievement of treatment criteria in the two group...

BACKGROUND Reactivation of toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis is the most frequent form of uveitis in Misiones, Argentina. Fluctuations in the number of patients consulting with this type of uveitis were detected during the last decade. Since the province was consecutively exposed to rainy and dry periods over the last years, we decided to explore whether a relationship between reactivation of toxop...

HLA (Human Leukocyte-A) antigens of 20 patients with toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis were determined by the standard microlymphocyte cytotoxicity test to see if these patients have different immunogenetic backgrounds from the normal controls. The results showed that there were no significant differences between the patients and the normal controls.

Inflammatory diseases of the retina and choroid (chorioretinitis), including those toxoplasmosis etiology usually occur against a background decrease in immunity. We present two clinical cases ocular inflammation at different times after vaccination with Sputnik V. An analysis occurrence pathologic condition to prevent coronavirus infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus will help determine criteri...