PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - K D Sumers
AU  - J Sugar
AU  - R Levine
TI  - Endogenous dissemination of genital Herpesvirus hominis type 2 to the eye.
AID  - 10.1136/bjo.64.10.770
DP  - 1980 Oct 01
TA  - British Journal of Ophthalmology
PG  - 770--772
VI  - 64
IP  - 10
4099  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/64/10/770.short
4100  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/64/10/770.full
SO  - Br J Ophthalmol1980 Oct 01; 64
AB  - A 33-year-old man developed Herpesvirus hominis type 2 (HVH-2) eye disease following a herpetic lesion of the penis. The sequence of ocular involvement suggested that the virus had been transmitted endogenously from the genital lesion: granulomatous iritis was followed by interstitial keratitis and then by dendritic keratitis. Recurrent bacterial ulcers ultimately required a conjunctival flap. The course of this man's ocular disease as well as those of other reported cases of HVH-2 adult eye infections appeared to be more severe and prolonged than that of the average patient with ocular herpes type 1 infection.