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A case of external ophthalmomyiasis
(1991)
A 9 year old patient with a right ophthalmomyiasis is presented. The infestation happened in Greece during vacation. The symptoms consisted of conjunctivitis and rinitis. The larvaes were removed from the conjunctiva and ...
Vitreoretinal dirofilariasis
(1990)
The present paper reports on a 41-year-old patient who complained of moving shadows and impaired vision after vacations in southern Europe and central Africa. On ophthalmoscopic examination the cause was found to be an ...
Fundus hemorrhage in malaria tropica
(1997)
The case is presented of a 20-year-old tourist with mild falciparum malaria and bilateral preretinal and intraretinal hemorrhage, including a macular hemorrhage with reversible visual loss, which developed during his return ...
[Ocular changes in tropical malaria with cerebral involvement--results from the Blantyre Malaria Project].
(2005)
INTRODUCTION:
Malaria is a tropical disease causing an estimated 300 million infections and one million deaths per year. In sub-Saharan Africa, most infections are due to Plasmodium falciparum. The hallmark of the clinical ...
Intravenous treatment of experimental Staphylococcus aureus endophthalmitis: imipenem versus the combination of ceftazidime and amikacin.
(2003)
BACKGROUND:
To compare the efficacy of intravenous (IV) imipenem (IPM) and a combination of IV ceftazidime (CAZ) and amikacin (AN) in the treatment of Staphylococcus aureus endophthalmitis in a rabbit model.
METHODS: ...
Intravitreal vancomycin and amikacin versus intravenous imipenem in the treatment of experimental Staphylococcus aureus endophthalmitis.
(2004)
BACKGROUND:
Controversy still surrounds the intravenous (IV) treatment of endophthalmitis. The purpose of this study was to compare IV and intraocular (IO) treatment in experimental Staphylococcus aureus endophthalmitis: ...
A prospective randomized study to determine the efficacy of preoperative topical levofloxacin in reducing conjunctival bacterial flora.
(2008)
PURPOSE:
To compare the efficacy of topical levofloxacin in combination with povidone-iodine irrigation vs povidone-iodine (PVI) alone in reducing conjunctival bacteria.
DESIGN:
Prospective, randomized, controlled ...
Endothelin-1 immunoreactivity in plasma is elevated in HIV-1 infected patients with retinal microangiopathic syndrome
(University of Nairobi, 1994-03)
Endothelin-1 is a recently identified cytokine with potent vasoconstrictor activity which is associated with various diseases involving blood vessels. HIV-1 related retinal microangiopathic syndrome is a frequent finding ...
[International initiatives for the prevention of blindness].
(2007)
Since 1974, when the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) was founded, international campaigns for blindness prevention have gained tremendous momentum in collaboration with the WHO's blindness ...
Ocular alterations in patients with cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis.
(2003)
Leishmaniasis is a parasitosis with high prevalence and increasing epidemiologic relevance. Ocular manifestations of visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) have been well studied, but less is known about ocular alterations in ...