Background: The determination of common diseases in a region is a medical and health priority of that region. Ocular emergencies can cause permanent vision loss if they are not recognized and treated promptly.  Preserve vision of patients, We arranged this study  in Moradi hospital (Kerman, Iran), to estimate our regional situation. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional stud...

This is a report of a Lagenidium sp. in a Thai patient who was diagnosed with severe keratitis that was unresponsive to antibacterial and antifungal drugs. Examination of a corneal biopsy specimen confirmed the presence of aseptate hyphae. The internal transcribed spacer DNA sequence of the strain isolated showed 97% identity with Lagenidium giganteum and other Lagenidium species.

Usanee Reinprayoon*, Nitipong Permpalung*, Ngamjit Kasetsuwan, Rongpong Plongla, 2 Leonel Mendoza, Ariya Chindamporn 3 Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 4 Thailand, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, Thailand, 5 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 6 Thailand, De...

Purpose: Description of the management recurrent inflammation with hypopyon in an ocular penetrating trauma complicated by a rare Staphylococcus Capitis infection.

Travellers are at risk of a diverse range of environmental and infectious conditions, some of which may affect the eyes and lead to blindness in severe cases. Travel-related ocular infections include onchocerciasis, leishmaniasis, cysticercosis, trachoma, dengue, loiasis, and leptospirosis. The travel medicine adviser should also recognise other hazards encountered during travel which may adver...

OBJECTIVES To compare histological with genome detection methods for diagnosis of herpesvirus infection in eye and brain of HIV infected patients undergoing necropsy and to correlate these findings with both antemortem clinical findings and postmortem evidence of extraocular herpesvirus infection, especially in the CNS. METHODS A prospective study of 31 consecutive HIV infected patients under...

INTRODUCTION This study compares the outcomes and complications of hydroxyapatite ocular implant and non-integrated ocular implants following evisceration. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a retrospective study of 90 patients who underwent evisceration for different ocular affections, in the Ophthalmology Department of the University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, between January 2009 and Decembe...

While influenza viruses are a common respiratory pathogen, sporadic reports of conjunctivitis following human infection demonstrates the ability of this virus to cause disease outside of the respiratory tract. The ocular surface represents both a potential site of virus replication and a portal of entry for establishment of a respiratory infection. However, the properties which govern ocular tr...