Treatment of presumed trematode-induced granulomatous anterior uveitis among children in rural areas of Egypt

Autor:	Waleed Abou Samra, Doaa Sobeih, Amgad El Nokrashy, Susan Lightman, Sahar M Tarshouby, Ashraf Sewelam, Ali Lamin, Aya M Hashish
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	Male Rural Population medicine.medical_specialty Visual acuity Adolescent Corneal Pachymetry Antiprotozoal Agents Visual Acuity Schistosomiasis Urine Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures Trematode Infections Group B Praziquantel Article 03 medical and health sciences Feces 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine Metronidazole medicine Animals Humans Eye Infections Parasitic Prospective Studies Child Parasite Egg Count Granuloma Medical treatment business.industry medicine.disease Combined Modality Therapy Uveitis Anterior Ophthalmology Child Preschool 030221 ophthalmology & optometry Drug Therapy Combination Egypt Anterior uveitis Trematoda medicine.symptom Rural area business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Zdroj:	Eye (Lond)
ISSN:	1476-5454
Popis:	PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of systemic antiparasitic medications alone or in combination with surgical aspiration in management of presumed trematode-induced anterior uveitis in children. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Prospective case series. Children who presented with anterior chamber (AC) granuloma were included in the study. All patients received antiparasitic treatment and after 2 weeks; patients were divided based on their clinical improvement in terms of the baseline granuloma area into two groups: group A (
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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