Visual acuity and visual skills in Malaysian children with learning disabilities.

Background: There is limited data in the literature concerning the visual status and skills in children with learning disabilities, particularly within the Asian population. This study is aimed to determine visual acuity and visual skills in children with learning disabilities in primary schools within the suburban Kota Bharu district in Malaysia.

Methods: We examined 1010 children with learning disabilities aged between 8-12 years from 40 primary schools in the Kota Bharu district, Malaysia from January 2009 to March 2010.

Candida glabrata endophthalmitis following penetrating keratoplasty in a patient with negative donor rim culture.

Background: Candida glabrata endophthalmitis following keratoplasty is rare and almost always associated with positive donor rim culture.

Case Presentation: A 63-year-old patient, diagnosed Fuch's endothelial dystrophy in both eyes underwent a penetrating keratoplasty in his right eye. He had multiple underlying medical problems, which included diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hypoadrenalism on oral dexamethasone and fatty liver secondary to hypertrigliseridemia.