Acute Anterior Uveitis in Sydney

Pattern of Uveitis in a Referral Ophthalmology Center in the Central District of Thailand

“…20 Among anatomical classification, the significant majority of idiopathic cases were revealed in anterior uveitis, reiterating the proportion outlined in previous studies. 25,28 The percentage of noninfectious etiology (70-87%) almost unanimously outnumbered infectious types in most other reports, 3,4,[11][12][13][14]16,18,20,22,27 except in one community-based review, 24 a study from Sierra Leone, 29 and another from Columbia. 19 One report in the American literature that reported a majority of infectious cases may have done so because it included infectious endophthalmitis and CMVR.…”

“…For Thailand, Pathanapithoon et al disclosed an absence of it, while Sittivarakul et al showed data consistent with our series and studies from Australia and the United States. 3,4,22,28,31 Nonetheless, some worldwide studies, including one each from Saudi Arabia, 27 Tunisia, 11 and Italy, 16 reported a strikingly high frequency of herpetic anterior uveitis. These studies throughout distant global areas found herpetic anterior uveitis to be the most common identifiable infection, in keeping with the findings of our study.…”

Ocular syphilis

“…Eighteen of the cases (82%) presented in the last decade. A series of acute anterior uveitis in Sydney, Australia, recorded only two cases of syphilitic uveitis among 241 patients (0.8%) [8]. In a select population of 61 HIV-infected persons presenting with uveitis who had CD4 þ T lymphocyte counts greater than 200 cells/ml, syphilitic uveitis accounted for 10 cases (16.4%).…”

Acute Anterior Uveitis and Spondyloarthritis: More Than Meets the Eye

“…Posterior synechiae were the most common complication, and occurrences of cataract, ocular hypertension, secondary glaucoma, and cystoid macular edema were more common in HLA-B27-negative patients with a recurrent disease course. This study adds further evidence that HLA-B27-negative patients have a poor visual prognosis [14].…”

“…A retrospective medical record review of 241 patients with AAU presenting to Sydney Eye Hospital in Australia between June 2009 and June 2011 was performed to evaluate the patterns of acute and recurrent AAU [14]. Only patients who underwent typing for the HLA-B27 antigen were included in this study; 95 patients were HLA-B27-positive, and 146 were HLA-B27-negative.…”