title: [Ocular hypertension in herpes simplex keratouveitis].
abstract: The herpes simplex virus is one of the most common pathogens in humans, who are seropositive for the virus in 90% of the cases at the adult age. It determines reccurent infections in more than a third of the population and these infections depend on the immune response of the host. Ocular infections of newborns are due to the herpes simplex virus type 2, meanwhile type 1 is found predominantly at adults; almost all ocular structures can be affected. HSV-1 in the most frequent etiologic agent in infectious anterior uveitis (with the varicelo-zosterian virus) and it is responsible for 6-10% of all cases of anterior uveitis. More than half of the keratouveitides due to HSV will develop intraocular hypertension and open-angle secondary glaucoma, during reccurences and most of them will resolve after proper control of inflammation.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burcea
authors.forename: Corina-Ioana
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Avram
authors.forename: Alina-Cristina
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Stamate
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Malciolu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oprea
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zemba
mesh_terms: D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D016849:Keratitis, Herpetic / Q000150:complications*; D009798:Ocular Hypertension / Q000821:virology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D018139:Simplexvirus; D014605:Uveitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology