HHV6, HHV7, and HHV8

Sep 25, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on HHV6, HHV7, and HHV8

Fig. 16.1 Slit-lamp photograph of HHV6 DNA-positive keratitis Patients with HHV7-related ocular diseases have active inflammation of the anterior segment of the eye; that is, there are anterior chamber cells,…

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The Zika Virus: Review of Ocular Findings

Sep 25, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on The Zika Virus: Review of Ocular Findings

Fig. 21.1 Wide-angle fundus image (Retcam, Clarity Medical Systems, Pleasanton, CA, USA) of the right eye of an infant with a well-defined macular chorioretinal atrophic lesion associated with macular pigment…

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Chikungunya

Sep 25, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Chikungunya

Fig. 12.1 Slit lamp anterior segment photographs of both eyes. From a 45-year-old woman who presented with complaints of discomfort and photophobia 6 weeks following the resolution of chikungunya fever….

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West Nile Virus Infection

Sep 25, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on West Nile Virus Infection

Fig. 11.1 (a) Red-free fundus photograph of the right eye of a diabetic 57-year-old woman with a recent history of WNV infection shows superotemporal linear clusterings of deep, chorioretinal lesions…

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Cat-Scratch Disease

Sep 25, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Cat-Scratch Disease

Fig. 6.1 (a) Fundus photograph of the left eye of a patient with cat-scratch disease shows optic disc edema with telangiectasis, a complete macular star, and a peripapillary serous retinal…

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Rift Valley Fever

Sep 25, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Rift Valley Fever

Fig. 14.1 (a) Fundus photograph of the right eye of a patient with Rift Valley fever shows a large active geographic retinitis involving the macula. (b) Six months later, the…

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The Role of Infectious Agents in the Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Diseases

Sep 25, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on The Role of Infectious Agents in the Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Diseases

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Soon-Phaik Chee and Moncef Khairallah (eds.)Emerging Infectious Uveitis10.1007/978-3-319-23416-8_2 2. The Role of Infectious Agents in the Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Diseases Merih Oray1 and Ilknur Tugal-Tutkun1   (1) Department of Ophthalmology, Istanbul Faculty of…

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Global Variations and Changes in Patterns of Infectious Uveitis

Sep 25, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Global Variations and Changes in Patterns of Infectious Uveitis

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Soon-Phaik Chee and Moncef Khairallah (eds.)Emerging Infectious Uveitis10.1007/978-3-319-23416-8_1 1. Global Variations and Changes in Patterns of Infectious Uveitis François Willermain1, 2  , Yves Van Laethem3 and Laure Caspers1 (1) Department of Ophthalmology, CHU St-Pierre, Bruxelles,…

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