Ocular Inflammation Associated with Systemic Infection

Abstract

Ocular inflammation is often the first evidence of systemic infections. Despite the protection of the blood-retinal barrier, various pathogenic organisms can invade the eye via the bloodstream. Sources of immunosuppression affect not only a patient’s susceptibility to ocular infection, but can also change the features of the disease. Posterior segment manifestations in the eye due to systemic infections have many disease presentations that cannot all be covered in this article. Therefore, we have described the most common ocular infections associated with systemic infections.