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We treated 26 patients with acute toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis with clindamycin between 1974 and 1982. Four patients were treated with clindamycin alone and 17 with clindamycin and prednisolone. Five patients received clindamycin and prednisolone, sulfadiazine, pyrimethamine, or cryocoagulation, or
Whipple's disease is a very rare chronic multisystemic bacterial disease characterized by diarrhea, malabsorption, fever, and polyarthritis. Ocular manifestations occur very rarely. Previous reports have suggested that the use of immunosuppressive drugs appears to accelerate or exacerbate the
It is generally accepted that toxoplasmic retinochorioiditis should be treated when central visual function is threatened. Although controlled trials of treatment led to contradictory results, a combination of pyrimethamin, sulphadiazine and folinic acid is regarded to be the most effective
OBJECTIVE
This study evaluated the incidence and types of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) associated with medications used to treat active toxoplasmic chorioretinitis.
METHODS
This was a retrospective review of the clinical records of a consecutive series of patients with active toxoplasmic
Yersiniosis is a food-born infection. It may cause an acute enterocolitis and trigger an anterior uveitis. We report a case of bilateral panuveitis with chorioretinitis - thus with the involvement of anterior and posterior uvea. Because the agglutination titer against the Yersinia enterocolitica
BACKGROUND
Onchocerciasis, also known as "river blindness," is a parasitic disease that is caused by infection from the filarial nematode (roundworm), Onchocerca volvulus. Nematodes are transmitted from person to person by blackflies of the Simulium genus, which usually breed in fast flowing streams
A 3-year-old Boxer was presented with progressive diarrhea, vomiting, and lethargy of 5-months duration. The dog had watery black feces, a mature neutrophilia, and microcytic anemia. Cytologic evaluation of a direct fecal smear stained with Wright's-Giemsa revealed numerous encapsulated,
OBJECTIVE
Cytomegalovirus colitis occurs in at least 5-10% of patients with AIDS. The most usual form of clinical presentation is that of a chronic picture of diarrhea, fever and abdominal pain in a patient with AIDS with a CD4 lymphocyte count lower than 100/mm3, although it can be the diagnostic
The clinical findings and course in 10 HIV-positive patients with cytomegalovirus (CMV) colitis were analyzed. Homosexuality was the main risk factor for HIV infection. All patients had markedly reduced CD4 counts (mean 25 x 10(9)/l). Symptoms at presentation were chronic diarrhea, weight loss,