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Ethambutol toxic optic neuropathy: A case report and review

open access: yesAfrican Vision and Eye Health, 2018
This article presents a case of ethambutol toxic optic neuropathy determined during the routine optometric examination of a 66-year-old man. Ethambutol is an established drug for the treatment of tuberculosis, but has significant side effects, notably ...
Kevin C. Phillips, Peter C. Clarke-Farr
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Isolated reversible toxic optic neuropathy secondary to linezolid

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Ophthalmology and Research, 2017
A 67-year-old male diagnosed with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-induced osteomyelitis was started on second-line antibiotic therapy (linezolid).
Liron Berkovitz   +4 more
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Ethambutol optic neuropathy [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology
Ethambutol is an antitubercular drug that is commonly used in the areas of the world that is endemic to tuberculosis. It is used in infections caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and some non-tuberculous infections caused by Mycobacterium species ...
Padmaja Sudhakar   +2 more
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Tacrolimus-induced optic neuropathy: A case report [PDF]

open access: yesVojnosanitetski Pregled, 2022
Intrduction. Tacrolimus (fujimycin or FK506) is a potent immunosuppressive drug with growing usage. It is usually used in prevention of transplanted organ rejection.
Žorić Lepša   +6 more
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The toxic optic neuropathies. [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Journal of Ophthalmology, 1974
As is common knowledge, there is an argument as to whether or not the toxic radical cyanide is an important aetiological agent responsible for the development of some of the conditions grouped under the term toxic amblyopia. There are arguments and counterarguments, and it would appear useful at this stage to state the evidence for and against cyanide ...
W S, Foulds   +2 more
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Optic nerve neuropathies – causative factors, methods of diagnostics, current and future possibilities of treatment

open access: yesJournal of Education, Health and Sport, 2022
Introduction:  Optic neuropathies are a broad group of diseases in which the dominant disturbance is damage to the optic nerve, often irreversible. Underlying causes of neuropathy are both genetic and environmental.
Joanna Kobak   +6 more
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Linezolid-Induced Toxic Optic Neuropathy

open access: yesMiddle East African Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020
To report a case of linezolid-induced toxic optic neuropathy. Clinical examination and imaging are presented over a 4-month interval from initial presentation to subsequent follow-up of 4 months after discontinuation of linezolid. The patient was found to have optic neuropathy as demonstrated by clinical presentation and examination.
Aljebreen, Meshaal A.   +2 more
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Nutritional optic and peripheral neuropathy: a case report. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
INTRODUCTION: The link between nutritional status and either optic or peripheral neuropathies is well established with tobacco, ethanol, deficiencies in thiamine, vitamin A, B12, B3 and B6 and protein-energy malnutrition all being causative.
Nightingale, LM   +3 more
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The Background of Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroup J Increases the Sensitivity of Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy Cells to 2,5-Hexanedione Toxicity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a maternally inherited blinding disease due to mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) point mutations in complex I subunit genes, whose incomplete penetrance has been attributed to both genetic and environmental factors ...
Achilli Alessandro   +49 more
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Rare Primary Mitochondrial DNA Mutations and Probable Synergistic Variants in Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a maternally inherited blinding disorder, which in over 90% of cases is due to one of three primary mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) point mutations (m.11778G>A, m.3460G>A and m.14484T>C, respectively ...
Baharak Hooshiar Kashani   +219 more
core   +1 more source

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