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1. Leuconostoc as a Cause of Endophthalmitis Post-intravitreal Injection of Ranibizumab.

Author

Damasceno NP, Horowitz SA, and Damasceno EF

Subjects
Aged, 80 and over, Amikacin therapeutic use, Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use, Endophthalmitis diagnosis, Endophthalmitis drug therapy, Eye Infections, Bacterial diagnosis, Eye Infections, Bacterial drug therapy, Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections diagnosis, Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections drug therapy, Humans, Intravitreal Injections, Male, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A antagonists & inhibitors, Vitreous Body microbiology, Wet Macular Degeneration drug therapy, Angiogenesis Inhibitors administration & dosage, Endophthalmitis microbiology, Eye Infections, Bacterial microbiology, Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections microbiology, Leuconostoc isolation & purification, Postoperative Complications, Ranibizumab administration & dosage
Abstract

Purpose: The authors report a case of endophthalmitis after intravitreal injection of ranibizumab., Methods: After searching for extensive laboratory tests to isolate the etiologic agent Results: The agent was determined as Leuconostoc mesenteroides, gram-positive cocci, vancomycin resistant., Discussion: Considerations regarding this bacterium were done by calling attention to its rarity, difficulty of isolation, and action on secondary comorbidities as opportunistic pathogen.

Published
2016
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2. Anterior uveitis after treatment of hepatitis C with alpha interferon: the recurrence of a previous inflammatory process due to presumed ocular toxocariasis.

Author

Damasceno EF and Damasceno NA

Subjects
Animals, Antibodies, Helminth analysis, Antiviral Agents adverse effects, Antiviral Agents therapeutic use, Diagnosis, Differential, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Eye Infections, Parasitic diagnosis, Eye Infections, Parasitic parasitology, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Interferon-alpha therapeutic use, Larva Migrans, Microscopy, Acoustic, Middle Aged, Recurrence, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Toxocara canis immunology, Toxocariasis diagnosis, Toxocariasis parasitology, Uveitis, Anterior diagnosis, Eye Infections, Parasitic complications, Hepatitis C, Chronic drug therapy, Interferon-alpha adverse effects, Toxocara canis isolation & purification, Toxocariasis complications, Uveitis, Anterior chemically induced
Abstract

Objective: To report a case of recurrent unilateral presumed ocular toxocariasis after treatment of hepatitis C., Design: Case study., Methods: Clinical findings, ultrasonography, computed tomography, and serological tests were performed. Once diagnosis was made, effective treatment was administered., Results: A 46-year-old woman with a long history of decreased unilateral visual acuity presented with anterior uveitis after the use of interferon alpha and ribavirin for treatment of hepatitis C. A biomicroscopic examination revealed active anterior uveitis, with ultrasonography and computed tomography demonstrating a central granuloma due to partially calcified toxocariasis. After treatment with corticosteroids and cycloplegics, the symptoms were alleviated., Conclusion: immunostimulation could cause a relapse of the inflammatory reaction found in uveitis due to toxocariasis.

Published
2012
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