Clinical Research of Streptococcal Uveitis (Clinical Cases)

Allergic uveitis caused by streptococci are recognized as flowing from a pesthole, the most frequent of them being considered the erythematous and the pultaceous angina. The characteristic of these angina is that they may go unnoticed, the frequency of asymptomatic forms being five times higher than those of symptomatic forms. Since the onset of angina until the early signs of ocular manifestations there is an open interval where there have been no clinical manifestations for approximately two weeks.

In the cases presented further on, the nature of streptococcal uveitis represents all immunoallergic phenomena induced by the streptococcus at the uveal level. A significant proportion of the patients presenting endogenous uveitis, despite of the classical performed treatment (non-steroidal, steroidal and immunosuppressants anti-inflammatory drugs) attain to relapsing forms (30-50%) with powerful complications that respond to late and/or inefficient treatment, managing to burn down the inflammatory phenomena, sacrificing the ocular function. The life of these patients turns out to be full of suffering, prolonged hospitalization, and some of them will count themselves among those with a visual handicap.