TY - JOUR
AU1 - Winkler, Charles F.
AU2 - Yam, Lung T.
AB - THE JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES • VOL. 142, NO.2. AUGUST 1980 © 1980 by The University of Chicago. 0022-1899/80/4202-0023$00.75 CLINICAL FORUM Poliovirus Type 3 Keratoconjunctivitis were closely related to the Leon 12a,b strain used in the cam­ paign. Syndrome. A 49-year-old woman developed bilateral kera­ Conclusion. The patient, who was not vaccinated against toconjunctivitis which began with the sensation of a foreign poliomyelitis but who had low serum antibody titers to polio­ body in the eye and was followed the next day by painful, red, virus types 1 and 2 is likely to have had a naturally acquired in­ watering eyes, swelling of the eyelids, and photophobia. No fection in childhood. The present exposure to poliovirus type 3 purulent exudate was present. Bilateral punctate epithelial appears to have produced keratoconjunctivitis by a local rein­ keratopathy was observed during the acute phase, without pro­ fection of the eye. Transmission of vaccine virus infection from gression to subepithelial infiltrates and without impairment of vaccinated children to a parent may represent some risk for un­ visual acuity. After five to six days, a pseudomembrane devel­ vaccinated susceptible adults in contact with these children [1, 2]. oped in the lower fornix of both 
TI - Cryptococcal Pleural Effusion
JF - The Journal of Infectious Diseases
DO - 10.1093/infdis/142.2.292-a
DA - 1980-08-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/cryptococcal-pleural-effusion-ASPOhlnWJv
SP - 292
EP - 292
VL - 142
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -