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[No detection of mycoplasma in 205 conjunctival swabs]
(1994)
Mycoplasma is known to cause pulmonary and urogenital infections in humans. A pathogenicity for the human eye never has been assessed, although they have been observed in the peripheral eye in a few cases of acute and ...
Early pars plana vitrectomy without buckling procedure in cytomegalovirus retinitis-induced retinal detachment
(1995)
BACKGROUND:
Retinal detachments induced by cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis can often be treated successfully with a buckling procedure combined with vitrectomy and silicone oil instillation, but this technique yields ...
Strategy for examination and therapy of mycotic keratitis
(University of Nairobi, 1993-03)
BACKGROUND:
Keratomycosis still represents a major problem in ophthalmology because of diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. This is caused by difficult clinical differentiation and problems in microbiological analysis ...
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and type 2 seroprevalence in cornea donors.
(University of Nairobi, 1994-05)
Routine screening of cornea donors for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) has been established and has reduced the risk of HIV-1 transmission to a minimum. Screening for HIV-2 is less common. We evaluated 100 ...
Single-center randomized trial comparing tacrolimus (FK506) and cyclosporine in the prevention of acute myocardial rejection
(1998)
To compare the efficacy and safety of tacrolimus and cyclosporine in heart transplantation, this single-center, prospective, randomized, open-label clinical trial was undertaken.
METHODS:
Seventy-three adult patients ...
Bacterial colonization of conjunctiva with Propionibacterium acnes before and after polyvidon iodine administration before intraocular interventions]
(1998)
Propionibacterium acnes has been described as a causative agent of postoperative endophthalmitis. This gram-positive, immotile, non-spore-forming bacterium is highly pleomorphic and grows under conditions of low to no ...
Main sources of infection in 145 cases of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis.
(University of Nairobi, 1993-08)
Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC) is a combination of conjunctivitis and keratitis induced by an adenovirus that is found especially in eye clinics and in eye hospitals. In Bavaria, EKC represents a common eye disease ...
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 ...