[Vaccination coverage of foreign children and their parents' views on immunization services in Gunma Prefecture, Japan].

Objectives: The aim was to evaluate vaccination coverage among foreign children living in an urban area of Gunma Prefecture, Japan and to examine their parents' views concerning the local immunization services.

Methods: A total of 321 foreign children aged 6 to 18 years in five international schools participated in school health examinations and provided vaccination information. Among the parents, 304 completed a questionnaire on their views about the immunization services.

[Histopathological findings in cytomegalovirus retinitis].

Purpose: We examined eyeballs collected from autopsied acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients with cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis, and analyzed the precise pathogenesis of CMV retinitis.

Material And Methods: Eyeballs were fixed with 10% buffered formalin embedded in paraffin. CMV antigens were investigated by histopathological and immunohistochemical analyses.

Typing of Herpes Simplex Virus in Patients with Uveitis.

Aim: To examine the type of herpes simplex virus (HSV) in cases with uveitis.Materials and Methods: Intraocular fluid specimens obtained from 3 cases with herpetic iridocyclitis and 6 cases with acute retinal necrosis (ARN) were examined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). HSV typing was performed by the restriction patterns of the PCR products.

[Typing of herpes simplex virus in patients with uveitis].

Aim: To examine the type of herpes simplex virus (HSV) in cases with uveitis.

Materials And Methods: Intraocular fluid specimens obtained from 3 cases with herpetic iridocyclitis and 6 cases with acute retinal necrosis (ARN) were examined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). HSV typing was performed by the restriction patterns of the PCR products.

Progressive outer retinal necrosis caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

Objective/background: To identify the etiologic agent of rapidly progressive outer retinal necrosis (PORN) in a 32-year-old man with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), who had retinitis developed from cytomegalovirus (CMV). Multiple yellowish spots appeared in the deep retina without evidence of intraocular inflammation or retinal vasculitis, diagnosed clinically as PORN. Death occurred after failure of multiple organs.