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Ocular microangiopathic syndrome in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and its relationship to alterations in cell adhesion and in blood flow
(1994)
Ocular microangiopathic syndrome is the most frequent ophthalmic finding in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Ocular microvascular changes, including cotton-wool spots, are closely associated with ...
Intravenous imipenem prophylaxis in experimental endophthalmitis.
(2002)
PURPOSE:
To determine the effect of prophylactic intravenous imipenem on experimental Staphylococcus aureusendophthalmitis.
METHODS:
The right eyes of 36 New Zealand albino rabbits received an intraocular injection ...
Electro-ophthalmologic studies in HIV patients
(1991)
We examined 44 HIV-positive patients in different disease stages with electroretinogram (ERG), pattern-electroretinogram (PERG), and visually evoked cortical potentials (VECP). Sixty-eight of the 88 eyes examined had a ...
Normal ocular flora in newborns delivered in two hospital centers in Argentina and Paraguay
(2005)
PURPOSE:
To determine the spectrum of normal conjunctival flora in newborns in two hospital centers in North Argentina and Paraguay.
METHODS:
In this prospective observational study, conjunctival specimens were obtained ...
Value of dacryocystography in diagnosis of lacrimal duct diseases
(University of Nairobi, 1992-10)
The paper compares the preoperative localization of stenosis in the lacrimal passage after digital dacryocystography with the operative findings in 23 eyes of 22 patients in the years 1988 to 1991 at the Munich University ...
Local therapy in treatment of cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in AIDS. The ganciclovir implant (pellet)].
(1997)
BACKGROUND:
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis with AIDS has been treated either systemically or locally by weekly intravitreous injections. An intraocular device now offers a new therapeutic approach. We investigated its ...
Prospective study of risk factors for conjunctival bacterial contamination in patients undergoing intraocular surgery
(2009)
PURPOSE:
To determine whether a patient's age, gender, local or systemic risk factors affect the rate of preoperative bacterial contamination.
METHODS:
Consecutive 1,474 patients undergoing intraocular surgery were ...
Assessment of intraindividual variability of coronary flow reserve in angiographically normal coronary arteries in transplant recipients: a study with intracoronary Doppler and intravascular ultrasound
(1998)
The development of transplant coronary artery disease (TxCAD) is the major factor limiting long term survival after heart transplantation (HTx). In addition to the morphologic evaluation of TxCAD by angiography and ...
Blindness incidence in Germany. A population-based study from Württemberg-Hohenzollern
(1999)
Few data on the incidence of blindness in Germany are available. We analysed causes of legal blindness for the region Württemberg-Hohenzollern (population 5.5 million) in order to help fill in this gap. Material and Methods: ...
Impairment of tritan colour vision after initiation of treatment with zidovudine in patients with HIV disease or AIDS
(University of Nairobi, 1993-05)