DRESS Syndrome Secondary to Carbamazepine Therapy Presenting with Bilateral Acute Anterior Uveitis and Angle Closure Glaucoma.

Purpose: Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is a rare, life-threatening multi-system adverse drug reaction characterized by febrile skin rash, hematologic abnormalities, and involvement of internal organs. We report a case of DRESS syndrome in a child presenting with primary ophthalmic manifestations.

Case Report: An 11-year-old boy presented with severe pain and diminished vision in both eyes six weeks after starting carbamazepine therapy for seizure disorder.

Inverse Association between Serum Bilirubin Levels and Retinopathy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Introduction: Oxidative stress plays a central role in the pathogenesis of Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) and serum bilirubin has been shown to have antioxidant properties.

Aim: To investigate the association between serum bilirubin concentration and DR in patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM).

Materials And Methods: This was a hospital based, cross- sectional study where in 86 patients with Type 2 DM and 30 controls were recruited.

Linezolid-induced optic neuropathy.

Many systemic antimicrobials have been implicated to cause ocular adverse effects. This is especially relevant in multidrug therapy where more than one drug can cause a similar ocular adverse effect. We describe a case of progressive loss of vision associated with linezolid therapy.

Outbreak of acquired ocular toxoplasmosis involving 248 patients.

Objective: To describe the demographic profile and clinical and laboratory findings of 248 patients with acquired retinitis caused by systemic infection with toxoplasmosis in a presumed outbreak of the disease.

Design: Retrospective observational case series.

Results: Most patients (209) were residents of one city in Southern India.

Outbreak of ocular toxoplasmosis in Coimbatore, India.

Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite that infects up to a third of the world's population. Infection is mainly acquired by ingestion of food that is contaminated with oocysts. We report an outbreak of ocular toxoplasmosis, which is an acute acquired type rather than reactivation of congenital toxoplasmosis.