Abiotrophia defectiva bleb-associated endophthalmitis confirmed with 16s ribosomal RNA sequencing.

One recognized complication of trabeculectomy with visually devastating potential is blebitis. We present a case of a 74-year-old woman with a culture and polymerase chain reaction-positive Abiotrophia defectiva bleb-associated endophthalmitis. Abiotrophia defectiva is a rare but possible cause of endophthalmitis secondary to blebitis and should be considered in culture-negative cases.

Retinal vessel caliber is associated with the 10-year incidence of glaucoma: the Blue Mountains Eye Study.

Purpose: To examine associations between quantitatively measured retinal vessel caliber and the 10-year incidence of primary open-angle glaucoma (OAG).

Design: Population-based cohort study.

Participants: The Blue Mountains Eye Study examined 3654 persons at baseline and 2461 persons at either 5 years, 10 years, or both times.

Emerging drugs for ocular hypertension.

Introduction: Glaucoma is a prevalent ocular disease with characteristic optic disc and visual field changes. Globally, it is the second most common cause of visual disability, and the most common cause of irreversible and preventable blindness. Ocular hypertension (OH) occurs where intraocular pressure elevation occurs in the absence of glaucomatous disc and visual field changes.

Diagnostic accuracy of the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph for glaucoma a population-based assessment.

Objective: To evaluate the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph II (HRTII; Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany) as a screening tool for open-angle glaucoma (OAG) in an older population.

Design: Population-based, cross-sectional study.

Participants: Participants from the 10-year follow-up Blue Mountains Eye Study (n = 1952; 75.

Clinical utility and differential effects of prostaglandin analogs in the management of raised intraocular pressure and ocular hypertension.

Prostaglandin analogs (PGA) are powerful topical ocular hypotensive agents available for the treatment of elevated intraocular pressure (IOP). Latanoprost 0.005% and travoprost 0.

Fixed combination of topical brimonidine 0.2% and timolol 0.5% for glaucoma and uncontrolled intraocular pressure.

Lowering IOP is the most readily modifiable risk factor to delay the development and progression of glaucoma (POAG). The fixed combination of brimonidine tartrate 0.2% and timolol maleate 0.

The inheritance of peripapillary atrophy.

Purpose: To estimate the relative importance of genes and environment in peripapillary atrophy type beta (beta-PPA) in a classic twin study.

Methods: Female twin pairs (n = 506) aged 49 to 79 years were recruited from the St. Thomas' UK Adult Twin Registry.

Ten-year incidence and progression of age-related maculopathy: the blue Mountains Eye Study.

Purpose: To assess the 10-year incidence of age-related maculopathy (ARM) in an older Australian cohort.

Design: Population-based cohort study.

Participants: Three thousand six hundred fifty-four Blue Mountains Eye Study participants > or =49 years old were examined during 1992 through 1994; 2335 (75% of survivors) were reexamined after 5 years (1997-1999) and 1952 (76% of survivors) after 10 years (2002-2004).

Open-angle glaucoma and cardiovascular mortality: the Blue Mountains Eye Study.

Purpose: To evaluate the association between open-angle glaucoma (termed glaucoma) and 9-year mortality in an older population-based cohort.

Design: Population-based cohort.

Participants: Three thousand six hundred fifty-four persons aged 49 to 97 years (82.

Intraocular pressure over the clinical range of blood pressure: blue mountains eye study findings.

Purpose: To quantify the relation of blood pressure (BP) and intraocular pressure (IOP) across the clinical range of BP in an older phakic population not using glaucoma medications.

Design: Cross-sectional population-based study

Methods: Seated BP and applanation IOP were measured, and their relation was assessed in regression models.

Results: Mean IOP of the two eyes increased linearly from 14.

Retinal vessel diameter and open-angle glaucoma: the Blue Mountains Eye Study.

Purpose: To examine the relationship between open-angle glaucoma (OAG) and retinal vessel diameter among baseline participants in the Blue Mountains Eye Study.

Design: Population-based cross-sectional study.

Participants: The study included 3654 persons older than 49 years, representing 82.

Open-angle glaucoma and systemic hypertension: the blue mountains eye study.

Purpose: To assess whether systemic hypertension is associated with open-angle glaucoma (OAG) in an older population.

Patients And Methods: The Blue Mountains Eye Study examined 3654 subjects aged 49 to 97 years. Hypertension was diagnosed from history in treated subjects or from systolic blood pressure (BP) > or=160 mm Hg or diastolic BP > or=95 mm Hg.

Intraocular pressure asymmetry and undiagnosed open-angle glaucoma in an older population.

Purpose: To quantify prevalence of asymmetric intraocular pressure (IOP) and assess associations with undiagnosed open-angle glaucoma.

Design: Population-based cross-sectional study.

Methods: Participants underwent applanation tonometry.

Patterns of glaucomatous visual field defects in an older population: the Blue Mountains Eye Study.

This report aims to describe the frequency of different patterns of visual field loss in open-angle glaucoma (OAG). The Blue Mountains Eye Study examined 3654 persons (aged 49+) during 1992-1994. Humphrey supra-threshold visual fields were performed in 88.

Prevalence and associations of dry eye syndrome in an older population: the Blue Mountains Eye Study.

This report describes the prevalence of self-reported dry eye syndrome and associations with systemic and ocular factors in an older Australian population. Participants of the Extension Blue Mountains Eye Study, aged 50 or older (mean age 60.8 years, n = 1174) completed a comprehensive eye examination and dry eye questionnaire.

Does smoking affect intraocular pressure? Findings from the Blue Mountains Eye Study.

Purpose: To assess the relationship between smoking and intraocular pressure.

Materials And Methods: The Blue Mountains Eye Study examined 3654 residents aged 49 years and older in an area west of Sydney, Australia from 1992 to 1994. A trained interviewer collected a detailed history of smoking.

Bias in self-reported family history and relationship to glaucoma: the Blue Mountains Eye Study.

Purpose: To examine bias in the relationship between self-reported family history of glaucoma and its relationship to the prevalence of glaucoma and ocular hypertension.

Methods: In a cross-sectional population-based study of 3654 Australians aged 49-97, participants were asked whether any first-degree relatives had been diagnosed with glaucoma. Open-angle glaucoma was diagnosed from matching optic disc and typical visual field changes, after gonioscopy.