caa a22 4500 388112697 CHVBK 20180307125357.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199904 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0022149X99000608 doi S0022149X99000608 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0022149X99000608 A retrospective study of ocular toxocariasis in Japan: correlation with antibody prevalence and ophthalmological findings of patients with uveitis [Elektronische Daten] To classify the clinical characteristics of ocular toxocariasis in Japan, the prevalence of antibodies to Toxocara antigens was examined in patients with uveitis of unknown aetiology. From 1982 to 1993, serum specimens of 383 cases and intraocular fluid samples of 22 cases were serologically screened for Toxocara infection with five immunodiagnostic tests. Fifty-five sera and 11 intravitreous fluid samples were estimated to have significantly high antibody levels against larval excretory-secretory (ES) antigens of T. canis. Eight cases were positive in both serum and vitreous fluid, and three were positive only in the vitreous fluid. Among the 58 antibody positive samples, 20 cases were omitted due to a lack of detailed description of ocular findings. The remaining 38 cases are described in this study. Of these 38 cases, 34 (89%) were older than 20 years of age. Ocular lesions were located in the posterior fundus in 11 cases, in the peripheral fundus in 18 cases, and in both areas in seven cases. Of the eight cases in which papillary oedema or redness was observed, chorioretinal lesions were also present in seven of them. Tractional retinal detachment was present in five cases. These observations suggest that ocular toxocariasis in Japan has a different clinical profile compared with those in the other countries, and indicate a need for revised classification of ocular toxocariasis. Cambridge University Press Yoshida M. Department of Public Health Shirao Y. Department of Ophthalmology Asai H. Department of Ophthalmology Nagase H. Department of Public Health Nakamura H. Department of Public Health Okazawa T. International Student Center, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan Kondo K. Ishikawa Health Service Association, Kanazawa, Japan Takayanagi T. H. Department of Medical Zoology Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan Fujita K. Department of Medical Zoology Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan Akao N. Department of Medical Zoology Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan Journal of Helminthology Cambridge University Press 73/4(1999-04), 357-361 0022-149X 73:4<357 1999 73 JHL https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X99000608 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X99000608 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yoshida M. Department of Public Health NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shirao Y. Department of Ophthalmology NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Asai H. Department of Ophthalmology NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nagase H. Department of Public Health NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nakamura H. Department of Public Health NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Okazawa T. International Student Center, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kondo K. Ishikawa Health Service Association, Kanazawa, Japan NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Takayanagi T. H. Department of Medical Zoology Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fujita K. Department of Medical Zoology Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Akao N. Department of Medical Zoology Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Helminthology Cambridge University Press 73/4(1999-04), 357-361 0022-149X 73:4<357 1999 73 JHL CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge