Retinitis

A 65-year-old man presented to the retina service for a preoperative cataract surgery evaluation after being followed for years for presumed retinitis pigmentosa.

---Emmett T. Cunningham Jr., MD, PhD, MPH SAN FRANCISCO — The major categories of immunosuppression that can put people at risk for unusual or opportunistic ocular infections are AIDS; long-term use of immunosuppressive drugs used for organ transplantation, bone marrow transplantation, or rheumatic conditions, such as lupus or rheumatoid arthritis; and cancers, such as leukemia or lymphoma.