Autor(es): Khairallah Moncef, Kahloun Rim

Resumo: Emergent - resurgent infectious diseases are major causes of systemic morbidity - death that are exp-ing worldwide mainly because of climate changes - globalization. Among them, specific diseases have been recently associated with ocular involvement. This review presents the ocular manifestations of selected emerging infectious diseases relevant to the ophthalmologist. An array of ocular manifestations, involving mainly the posterior segment, have been recently described in association with specific arthropod vector-borne diseases including rickettsioses, West Nile virus, Rift Valley fever, Dengue fever, - Chikungunya. Influenza A (H1N1) virus has also been recently associated with ocular involvement. On the contrary, with advances in laboratory testing applied to ocular fluids, new infectious agents, mainly viruses, are increasingly being found to be associated with uveitis. Emerging infectious diseases should be considered in the differential diagnosis of retinitis, chorioretinitis, retinal vasculitis, optic neuropathy, or any other ocular inflammatory condition in a patient living in or traveling back from a specific endemic area. On the contrary, ocular fluid sampling - analysis for specific new pathogens can be recommended in selected patients with uveitis of unexplained cause.

Palavras-Chave: Chorioretinitis; Emergent infectious diseases; Optic neuropathy; Retinitis; Uveitis; Vasculitis

Imprenta: Current Opinion in Ophthalmology, v. 24, n. 6, p. 574-580, 2013

Identificador do objeto digital: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e3283654e09

Descritores: Chikungunya virus - Infectious diseases ; Chikungunya virus - Viral infections ; Chikungunya Virus - Virus ; Chikungunya virus - Chikungunya fever ; Chikungunya virus - Dengue

Data de publicação: 2013

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