Objective: To assess exposure to and infection with 3 pathogens (Rickettsia rickettsii, Anaplasma platys, and Ehrlichia canis) vectored by brown dog ticks (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) in sheltered dogs at the western US-Mexico border.
Animals: 239 dogs in shelters in San Diego and Imperial counties, US, and Mexicali and Tijuana, Mexico.
Procedures: Each dog had blood drawn and basic demographic data collected.
Ophthalmic Surg Lasers
December 2001
There are many techniques for sulcus-suturing dislocated or partially dislocated intraocular lenses. Many involve passing suture or a knot around the end of the haptic before securing the suture to the sclera. However, in some patients, the tip of the dislocated haptic cannot be visualized.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objective: To compare the occurrence of vitreous hemorrhages and retinal detachments following vitrectomy surgery with sew-on lenses to a noncontact wide-angle lens system.
Patients And Methods: Retrospective review of 180 patients who underwent primary vitrectomy for proliferative diabetic retinopathy. The occurrence of persistent and recurrent vitreous hemorrhages as well as postoperative retinal detachments in the two groups was determined.
Metastatic carcinoma to the extraocular muscles is extremely rare; it is reported to occur from breast, lung, and gastric carcinoma as well as skin melanoma. (1-3) Overall, intraocular metastases occur much more frequently than orbital metastases.(4) The most common primary tumors causing orbital metastases are breast and lung carcinomas.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To describe a patient who developed oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus endophthalmitis after insertion of a ganciclovir intraocular implant.
Method: Case report.
Results: A 42-year-old man with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and a history of cytomegalovirus retinitis was admitted with right-sided eye pain and decreased visual acuity 10 days after receiving a second ganciclovir intraocular implant in the right eye.