Aqueous humour concentration of topically applied 2.0% ganciclovir eye drops in eyes with cytomegalovirus anterior uveitis and endotheliitis.

Background: To investigate the level of ganciclovir in the aqueous humour (AH) following topical application of 2.0% ganciclovir eye drop in eyes with cytomegalovirus (CMV) anterior segment infection.

Methods: This is a prospective, non-randomised, interventional clinical study.

Endophthalmitis Treated Successfully With Isavuconazole: A Case Report.

endophthalmitis is a serious complication of candidemia. Diagnosis requires identification of ocular lesions on dilated fundoscopy, aided by isolation of the organism from blood and/or vitreous humor. However, the initial ophthalmological examination may be negative in some cases.

Pediatric Uveitis and Scleritis in a Multi-Ethnic Asian Population.

: To describe the demographics and clinical characteristics of pediatric uveitis and scleritis at a tertiary eye care center.: Clinical records of children with either uveitis or scleritis that presented between January 1989 and January 2016 were reviewed retrospectively.: Seventy-three patients were identified.

Intra-cameral level of ganciclovir gel, 0.15% following topical application for cytomegalovirus anterior segment infection: A pilot study.

Purpose: To investigate the intra-cameral level of ganciclovir following topical application of ganciclovir gel, 0.15% for cytomegalovirus (CMV) anterior segment infection.

Design: Non-randomized, prospective, interventional clinical study.

The Pattern of Uveitis among Chinese, Malays, and Indians in Singapore.

Purpose: To describe the pattern of uveitis among Chinese, Malays, and Indians at a tertiary referral institution in Singapore.

Methods: Charts between January 1997 and December 2010 were retrospectively reviewed. Charts between January 2014 and December 2014 were prospectively reviewed.

Specialized moisture retention eyewear for evaporative dry eye.

Objectives: To evaluate the suitablity of commercially available moisture retention eyewear for treating evaporative dry eye.

Methods: Eleven patients with evaporative dry eyes were prescibed moisture retention eyewear for 3 months in addition to regular lubricant eye drops. Frequency and severity of dry eye symptoms, corneal fluorescein staining and tear break up time (TBUT) were evaluated at baseline and 3-month post-treatment.

Lubricant with gelling agent in treating dry eye in adult Chinese patients.

Purpose: To investigate the efficacy of a lubricant eye drop containing gelling agent in adult Chinese dry eye patients.

Methods: This is a prospective, randomized, double-masked, double-arm, parallel, interventional single-site clinical study. Thirty Chinese dry eye patients were randomized into two arms, 15 patients each, receiving lubricant eye drops either containing hydroxypropyl-guar (HP-guar) gelling agent (Systane Ultra) or no gelling agent (Refresh Tears), 1 drop, four times a day for 6 weeks.

Aqueous cytokine changes associated with Posner-Schlossman syndrome with and without human cytomegalovirus.

Aim: To study the differences in aqueous cytokines in Posner-Schlossman Syndrome (PSS) patients with and without human cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA in the aqueous humor.

Methods: This is a prospective study. Fifty-three uveitis patients with clinical signs of PSS were enrolled and aqueous humor samples were collected.

Cost of dry eye treatment in an Asian clinic setting.

Objectives: To estimate the cost and patterns of expenditure of dry eye treatment.

Methodology: We retrieved data on the type and cost of dry eye treatment in Singapore National Eye Centre from pharmacy and clinic inventory databases over a 2 year period (2008-2009) retrospectively. According to the type of treatment, data were sorted into 7 groups; meibomien gland disease (MGD) treatment, preservative free lubricant eye drops, preserved lubricant eye drops, lubricant ointments and gels, cyclosporine eye drops, oral supplements and non-pharmacological treatments/procedures.