Results: 19

Contact lens-related bilateral and simultaneous Acremonium keratitis

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 76 (4), 2017
Abstract This is a case of bilateral and simultaneous Acremonium keratitis related to intermittent and alternating eye soft contact lens use, which has a delayed diagnose, presented amphotericin B resistance with persistent hypopyon and had a positive response to topical natamycin. Besides the unusual pr...

Successful treatment of fungal endophthalmitis using intravitreal caspofungin

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 80 (3), 2017
ABSTRACT Fungal endophthalmitis is a rare condition often associated with poor prognosis. We present a case of postoperative acute fungal endophthalmitis caused by the yeast-like fungus Stephanoascus ciferrii (Candida ciferrii). The fungus was resistant to fluconazole, voriconazole, and amphotericin B bu...

Dacryoliths causing intermittent epiphora associated with a patent lacrimal system

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (6), 2016
ABSTRACT We present two patients with dacryoliths and patent lacrimal drainage with intermittent tearing and without infection. Dacryoliths can be present in the lacrimal sac or lacrimal duct without acute or chronic inflammation. In these cases, we believe dacryolith formation was a causative factor of ...

Caracterización clinicoepidemiológica y microbiológica en úlceras corneales bacterianas y micóticas
Clinical, epidemiological and microbiological characterization of bacterial and mycotic ulcers

Rev. cuba. oftalmol; 29 (3), 2016
Objetivo: describir la asociación entre aspectos clinicoepidemiológicos y los resultados microbiológicos en pacientes con queratitis infecciosa ingresados en el Servicio de Córnea del Instituto Cubano de Oftalmología Ramón Pando Ferrer en el período 2010-2014. Métodos: se realizó un estudio obse...

Sucessfull management of bilateral presumed Candida endogenous endophtalmitis following pancreatitis

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 75 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Endogenous endophthalmitis is a rare, and frequently devastating, ophthalmic disease. It occurs mostly in immunocompromised patients, or those with diabetes mellitus, cancer or intravenous drugs users. Candida infection is the most common cause of endogenous endophthalmitis. Ocular candidiasis d...

Epidemiologia de ceratites fúngicas tratadas com ceratoplastia penetrante através de achados histopatológicos

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 75 (3), 2016
RESUMO Objetivo: Estudar, através do exame histopatológico, a epidemiologia de ceratites fúngicas tratadas com ceratoplastia penetrante terapêutica, enfatizando a presença de cirurgia ocular prévia. Métodos: Inicialmente, o estudo foi observacional e transversal de botões corneanos provenientes...

Correlação clínico-patológica em ceratites fúngicas e uma possível evidência de infecção oportunista: relato de dois casos

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 75 (2), 2016
RESUMO Os autores relatam dois casos de ceratite fúngica, que apresentam em comum no exame histopatológico: a ausência de epitélio, sem ulceração e a integridade da camada de Bowman com a presença de formas fúngicas no seu interior. São sugeridos prováveis mecanismos de recidiva das ceratites f...

Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome and possibly causing cortical cataract

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 73 (3), 2014
According to the World Health Organization, cataract is the leading cause of blindness and visual impairment throughout the world. However, the etiology of cataracts often remains unknown. This report describes the development of cortical cataract in a patient after Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome cau...