IDIOPATHIC RETINAL VASCULITIS, ANEURYSMS, AND NEURORETINITIS COMPLICATED BY CILIORETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION: MULTIMODAL IMAGING AND 5-YEAR FOLLOW-UP.

Purpose: To describe a multimodal imaging and a 5-year follow-up of a case of cilioretinal artery occlusion (CLRAO) in a 40-year-old woman with idiopathic retinal vasculitis, aneurysms, and neuroretinitis (IRVAN) syndrome.

Methods: Fundus photography, indocyanine green and fluorescein angiography, optical coherence tomography (OCT), OCT angiography (OCTA), and a literature review of retinal artery occlusions associated with IRVAN syndrome were performed.

Results: Fundus examination revealed bilateral blurred margins of the discs and peri-vascular hard exudates.

Valsalva Retinopathy Presenting as Subretinal Hemorrhage.

Purpose: To describe a case of subretinal hemorrhage due to the Valsalva maneuver in a patient with no underlying chorioretinal disease.

Methods: History and clinical examination, optical coherence tomography (OCT), fluorescein, and indocyanine green angiography.

Results: We report a case of a 35-year-old man with a 4-day history of central vision loss in the left eye (OS) after a vomiting episode.

Improving the Comprehension of Pathogenicity and Phylogeny in ' Phytoplasma meliae' through Genome Characterization.

' Phytoplasma meliae' is a pathogen associated with chinaberry yellowing disease, which has become a major phytosanitary problem for chinaberry forestry production in Argentina. Despite its economic impact, no genome information of this phytoplasma has been published, which has hindered its characterization at the genomic level. In this study, we used a metagenomics approach to analyze the draft genome of the ' P.

Ross procedure with personalized external aortic root support.

The Ross-Personalized External Aortic Root Support procedure is a surgical aortic valve replacement technique in which the autologous pulmonary valve is transposed in the aortic position to replace the malfunctioning aortic valve and a homograft is implanted in the pulmonary position. To prevent autograft dilatation, a Personalized External Aortic Root Support prosthesis is included in the proximal autograft anastomosis and wrapped around the ascending aorta. The aorta is transected transversely, the aortic valve is resected, and the coronary arteries are mobilized and cut out of the sinuses, leaving a rim.

First report of causing bacterial leaf streaks on wheat in Argentina.

Since 2018, bacterial-like symptoms, such as leaf streaks were observed on wheat plants ( L.) in Córdoba province in Argentina, with 1 to 5% of disease incidence. Samples of wheat stem and spike collected in a trial of varieties for summer/autumn sowing in the experimental field of the INTA Marcos Juárez were disinfected, washed and macerated in mortars with sterile distilled water and extracts were streaked on Luria-Bertani (LB) agar.

Cost effectiveness of intracameral cefuroxime prophylaxis and its efficacy in preventing endophthalmitis after cataract surgery in a referral hospital.

Purpose: To present the results of a retrospective study regarding the clinical and economic impact of intracameral cefuroxime administration to prevent endophthalmitis during cataract surgery in a referral hospital.

Methods: This study included 16,902 eyes from patients who had undergone cataract surgery between 2013 and 2017. From May 2014 onwards, all patients received routine intracameral injections of 1 mg cefuroxime (10 mg/1 mL) after phacoemulsification.

Draft Genome Sequence of " Phytoplasma pruni" (X-Disease Group, Subgroup 16SrIII-B) Strain ChTDIII from Argentina.

Herein, we report the draft genome sequence of " Phytoplasma pruni" strain ChTDIII (subgroup 16SrIII-B). The final assembly consists of 790,517 nucleotides organized in 67 contigs (minimal size, 1 kb), with a G+C content of 29.4% and encoding 672 proteins.

Phytoplasmas diversity and identification of new aster yellows subgroup (16SrI) associated with weed species in Argentina.

Symptoms of phytoplasma infection were observed in different weed species, , , and , collected from diverse geographical regions in Argentina. To confirm the association of phytoplasma infection with symptomatic plants, PCR, RFLP and phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA-encoding sequences were performed. In this work, we report the presence of phytoplasmas from group 16SrVII (subgroup 16VII-B) infecting and and from group 16SrIII (subgroup 16SrIII-X) , , and .

Identification of three novel subgroups within the X-disease group phytoplasma associated with strawberry redness disease.

Strawberry plants showing symptoms of lethal redness disease were found in production fields located in Tucumán province, Argentina. The presence of phytoplasmas was confirmed by PCR of 16S rDNA gene using phytoplasma universal primers. According to the 16S rDNA gene sequence identity, the four isolates analysed are related to the X-disease group (16SrIII) (identity ~99 %).

Description of 'Candidatus Phytoplasma meliae', a phytoplasma associated with Chinaberry (Melia azedarach L.) yellowing in South America.

China tree yellows (ChTY) phytoplasma is associated with the yellowing disease of the China tree (Melia azedarach) in Argentina. According to partial 16S rRNA gene analysis, ChTY phytoplasma belongs to the 16Sr XIII group, subgroup G. Strains of species of ChTY have 98-99 % 16S rDNA gene sequence similarity with 16SrXIII-group phytoplasmas, and less than 97.

Characterization of Feeding Injuries Caused by Ceresa nigripectus Remes Lenicov (Hemiptera: Membracidae) on Alfalfa Stems.

Piercing-sucking insects cause mechanical and physiological injury to plants. Ceresa nigripectus Remes Lenicov is a pest of alfalfa in subtropical regions of South America and a carrier of the ArAWB phytoplasma. The aim of this study was to determine the feeding habits of this treehopper and to describe the effects of the feeding injuries on stem vascular tissues in alfalfa.

A novel approach for the automated segmentation and volume quantification of cardiac fats on computed tomography.

The deposits of fat on the surroundings of the heart are correlated to several health risk factors such as atherosclerosis, carotid stiffness, coronary artery calcification, atrial fibrillation and many others. These deposits vary unrelated to obesity, which reinforces its direct segmentation for further quantification. However, manual segmentation of these fats has not been widely deployed in clinical practice due to the required human workload and consequential high cost of physicians and technicians.

Detection and identification of a novel 16SrXIII subgroup phytoplasma associated with strawberry red leaf disease in Argentina.

Strawberry red leaf phytoplasma was found in strawberry plants from production fields in Lules (Tucumán province) and Bella Vista (Corrientes province), Argentina. Characteristic strawberry red leaf symptoms were stunting, young leaves with yellowing at the edges, mature leaves which curled and were reddish at the abaxial face, flower and fruit deformation and death. The pathogen was detected with phytoplasma-universal primer pairs P1/P7 followed by R16F2n/R16R2 as nested primers in 13 diseased plants.

Immunodetection and subcellular localization of Mal de Río Cuarto virus P9-1 protein in infected plant and insect host cells.

Mal de Río Cuarto virus (MRCV), a member of the genus Fijivirus, family Reoviridae, has a genome consisting of 10 dsRNA segments. The segment 9 (S9) possesses two non-overlapping open reading frames (ORF-1 and ORF-2) encoding two putative proteins, MRCV P9-1 and MRCV P9-2, both of unknown function. The MRCV S9 ORF-1 was RT-PCR amplified, expressed in pET-15b vector, and the recombinant protein produced was used to raise an antiserum in rabbit.

Localization of sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus (SPCSV) in synergic infection with potyviruses in sweet potato.

Among diseases reported worldwidely for sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam) crop, one of the most frequent is the Sweet potato virus disease (SPVD), caused by sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus (SPCSV) and sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV) co-infection. In Argentina, there exists the sweet potato chlorotic dwarf (SPCD), a sweet potato disease caused by triple co-infection with SPCSV, SPFMV and sweet potato mild speckling virus (SPMSV). Both diseases cause a synergism between the potyviruses (SPFMV and SPMSV) and the crinivirus (SPCSV).

Molecular diversity of ecologically distinct Mal de Río Cuarto virus isolates based on restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLPs) and genome sequence analysis of segments 1, 7, 9 and 10.

Viruses of the species Mal de Río Cuarto virus (genus Fijivirus, family Reoviridae) cause significant economic losses in maize in Argentina. Genetic changes in the virus genome leading to better adaptation to diverse ecological conditions were postulated that would account for the increasing MRCV variability. The genomic differences between MRCV isolates from four ecologically different areas (Río Cuarto, RC; Pergamino, P; Jesús María, JM; and Tafí del Valle, TV) were studied.

Novel microbial transformations of sclareolide.

Fungal catalysis of sclareolide (1) using Mucor plumbeus (ATCC 4740), Cunninghamella blakesleeana (ATCC 9245), Cunninghamella echinulata (ATCC 9244), Curvularia lunata (ATCC 12017) and Aspergillus niger (ATCC 1004), was performed. Cunninghamella blakesleeana (ATCC 9245) metabolized compound 1 to afford O(6)-sclareolide (2), 3beta,6alpha-dihydroxysclareolide (3), 9-hydroxysclareolide (4), along with three known metabolites, 1beta,3beta-dihydroxysclareolide (5), 3-oxosclareolide (6) and 3beta-hydroxysclareolide (7). Biotransformation experiments of compound 1 with Cunninghamella echinulata (ATCC 9244) also yielded two new compounds, 5-hydroxysclareolide (8), and 7beta-hydroxysclareolide (9) along with two known compounds 5 and 7.

Sequencing of the bicistronic genome segments S7 and S9 of Mal de Río Cuarto virus (Fijivirus, Reoviridae) completes the genome of this virus.

The nucleotide sequences of genomic segments S7 and S9 of Mal de Río Cuarto virus (MRCV, Fijivirus group II) have been determined, thus completing the entire genome sequence of the virus. These segments showed a non-overlapping bicistronic structure, as in other members of the genus. MRCV S7 ORF-1 had a length of 1086 bp and encoded a 41.

Natural infection of Viola cornuta (Violaceae) with Cucumber mosaic virus, subgroup I.

Plants of Viola cornuta displaying typical virus symptoms were observed during spring 2003 in a plant nursery in Córdoba, central Argentina. Electron microscopic examinations of symptomatic leaf samples revealed the presence of isometric virus-like particles about 30 nm in diameter. Subsequent serological analysis allowed the identification of the pathogen as a subgroup I strain of Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV).

Sequence and phylogenetic analysis of genome segments S1, S2, S3 and S6 of Mal de Río Cuarto virus, a newly accepted Fijivirus species.

Mal de Río Cuarto virus (MRCV) is a newly described species of the genus Fijivirus, family Reoviridae. The nucleotide sequence of four MRCV genome segments was determined. MRCV S1, S2, S3 and S6 were predicted to encode proteins of 168.