title: A case of simultaneous bilateral herpetic epithelial keratitis.
abstract: The patient, a 56-year-old man, presented with dendritic keratitis in the right eye and geographic keratitis in the left, with decreased corneal sensation in both eyes. The virus isolated from both eyes was identified as herpes simplex virus (HSV-1) by the indirect immunofluorescent method using anti-HSV-1 monoclonal antibody. Antibody tests of paired sera suggested that the epithelial lesions were not primary but recurrent. No significant difference was observed in DNA cleavage patterns between the virus isolates obtained bilaterally.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimomura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Manabe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ihara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yanagi
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division; D004279:DNA, Viral; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007635:Keratitis, Dendritic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral