[Viral and non-viral infections in the etiopathogenesis of uveitis].

The article reviews literature and proprietary data on the role of pathogens in the etiology of infectious and non-infectious uveitis. Infectious uveitis is caused by active intraocular replication of the virus (herpesvirus, acute stage of enterovirus), or by long-term persistence of the viruses in eye tissues (Fuchs syndrome associated with rubella virus, late complications of enterovirus uveitis). Clinical picture, severity, outcomes of infectious uveitis depend on the pathogen, adequacy of the immune response and genetic characteristics of the patient.

[Retinoblastoma and "pseudoretinoblastoma" in children: clinical, tomographic and serological features].

Clinical and tomographic features of retinoblastoma and posterior pole inflammatory granuloma ("pseudoretinoblastoma") as well as infectious status in both conditions were assessed in 16 children (32 eyes). The data obtained allow differential diagnosis of neoplastic and inflammatory processes and further adequate treatment.

[Reactivation of persistent herpes virus infection as a factor of endogenous uveitis in children].

Two hundred and fifty-five children with endogenous uveitis, aged 2 months to 15 years, were examined. 73-93% of children were chronically infected by different viruses of the human herpes group; mycoplasmal past-infection was detected in only 13% of them and Chlamydia past-infection _ in 3.7% of them.

[Diagnosis and importance of the opportunistic herpes-virus infection in etiology and pathogenesis of different eye diseases].

A total of 439 patients (adults--184, children--255) with herpetic keratitis as well as with uveitis and choriorenitis of different geneses and localizations were examined. An aggravation of HSV-infection was determined by detecting, in the blood), anti-bodies to the unstructured early viral antigens by using the immune enzyme analysis (IEA). The efficiency of the test was demonstrated during the examination of patients with different ophthalmic pathologies.