Epithelial herpetic simplex keratitis recurrence and graft survival after corneal transplantation in patients with and without atopy.

Purpose: To compare the incidence of herpes simplex virus (HSV) epithelial recurrence and graft survival after penetrating keratoplasty (PK) in patients with and without self-reported atopy.

Design: Retrospective cohort comparative study.

Setting: Cornea Service, Wills Eye Hospital.

Efficacy of oral antiviral prophylaxis in preventing ocular herpes simplex virus recurrences in patients with and without self-reported atopy.

Purpose: To compare the efficacy of oral antiviral prophylactic treatment for herpes simplex virus (HSV) recurrences in patients with and without self-reported atopy.

Design: Retrospective cohort comparative study.

Methods: setting: Cornea Service, Wills Eye Hospital.

Comparative study of ocular herpes simplex virus in patients with and without self-reported atopy.

Purpose: To compare the characteristics of ocular herpes simplex virus (HSV) in patients with and without atopy.

Design: Retrospective cohort comparative study.

Methods: Patients who presented at the Cornea Service, Wills Eye Hospital, between March 2003 and March 2004 who had been previously diagnosed in the same institution as having ocular HSV diagnosis or were just diagnosed as having the disease were asked to complete a study questionnaire that enabled categorization into atopic and nonatopic.