Microsporidiosis AYMAN NASERI Microsporidia are obligate intracellular parasites that can infect both vertebrate and invertebrate hosts. Although the first human microsporidial infection was not recognized until 1959,1 14 different species…
Spirochetes BRADLEY D. JETT Spirochetes are spiral or wave-shaped bacteria that represent a separate phylum among the eubacteria. In addition to their overall morphologic similarity, spirochetes possess outer and cytoplasmic…
Ocular Motility Herschel P. Goldstein Alan B. Scott THE ORBIT The medial orbital walls are generally parallel; the lateral orbital walls diverge one from the other at an angle of…
Epidemics and Outbreaks in Ophthalmology Kirk R. Wilhelmus Abrupt waves of illness have afflicted mankind since the start of civilization. The first eyewitness account of a plague involving the eyes…
Ocular Pharmacology of Antifungal Drugs Denis M. O’Day W. Steven Head Supported in part by an unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness Fungi are complex eukaryotic organisms. Unlike bacteria,…
Environmental Optics Robert W. Massof Nature of Light Light is the name given to the part of the electromagnetic spectrum that stimulates the retina and gives rise to vision. Our…
Antiparasitic Drugs in Ophthalmology Kirk R. Wilhelmus Antiparasitic drugs arose from research on the treatment of malaria. Work on azo dyes and mould extracts was further stimulated by other parasitic…
Principles of Ocular Mycology John Brinser The Kingdom Fungi is composed of five classes of fungi that are medically important: the Zygomycetes; the Ascomycetes; the Basidiomycetes; the Deutermycetes [Fungi Imperfecti];…
Contact Lens and Prosthesis Infections John K. G. Dart In the past three decades the use of contact lenses (CLs) has dramatically increased both in affluent societies and in the…
Congenital Craniofacial Anomalies and Their Management Brian J. Forbes James A. Katowitz William R. Katowitz Congenital abnormalities of the cranium and face present complex diagnostic and therapeutic challenges to the…
