[The relationship between Staphylococcus aureus and atopic keratoconjunctivitis].

Purpose: To investigate the role of Staphylococcus aureus in patients with vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) and atopic keratoconjunctivitis (AKC) complicated by atopic dermatitis (AD).

Subjects And Methods: Microbiological culture from the conjunctival sac of acute exacerbated patients with VKC and AKC complicated by AD was performed. The subjects were 29 patients (31 eyes) with VKC and AKC who showed acute exacerbated clinical symptoms of conjunctivitis.

Histological study on mast cells in conjunctiva of NC/Nga mice.

Purpose: To investigate the pathological findings in conjunctiva of NC/Nga mice, which develop atopic dermatitis spontaneously, we focused our study on the density of mast cells as determined by histological methods.

Methods: NC/Nga mice were divided into five groups; the 4W-group comprised four 4-week-old mice without treatment, the 10W-group comprised four 10-week-old mice without treatment, the 16W-group comprised four 16-week-old mice without treatment, the Dx group comprised three 16-week-old mice undergoing topical 0.1% dexamethasone (Dx) ointment treatment, and the FK506 group comprised three 16-week-old mice undergoing topical 0.

[Clinical study on surgical outcome of penetrating keratoplasty for herpetic leukoma].

Purpose: To evaluate prognostic factors, rejection, and recurrence of herpetic keratitis, in keratoplasty for herpetic leukoma.

Subjects And Methods: We compared surgical outcome between patients who underwent keratoplasty for herpetic leukoma and those who received it for non-herpetic disorders. We compared the eyes of 24 patients in the herpetic group with 17 eyes of 20 patients with non-herpetic corneal disorders, i.