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Volume 31, Number 6—June 2025

CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Multicenter Retrospective Study of Spiroplasma ixodetis Infantile Cataract in 8 Countries in Europe

Luc Van OsComments to Author , Nathalie Cassoux, Symira Cholidis, Pascal Dureau, Navid Farassat, Fabienne Catherine Fierz, Ebba Ghyczy, Elena-Cristina Nitulescu, Eva Stifter, Marie-José Tassignon, Anne Le Flèche-Matéos1, Birgit Lorenz1, and for the Spiroplasma Infantile Cataract Group2
Author affiliation: University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium (L. Van Os, M. Tassignon); University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium (L. Van Os, M.-J. Tassignon); Institut Curie, Paris, France (N. Cassoux); Université Paris Descartes, Paris (N. Cassoux); Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway (S. Cholidis); Rothschild Foundation Hospital, Paris (P. Dureau); Medical Center–University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany (N. Farassat); University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (F.C. Fierz); Cantonal Hospital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland (F.C. Fierz); Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (E. Ghyczy); Emergency Children’s Hospital Marie Sklodowska Curie, Bucharest, Romania (E.-C. Nitulescu); Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria (E. Stifter); Institut Pasteur, Paris (A. Le Fleche-Matéos); Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany (B. Lorenz)

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Figure 1

Spectrum of Spiroplasma spp.–caused eye disease documented in a multicenter retrospective study of Spiroplasma ixodetis infantile cataract in 8 countries in Europe. The study included a total of 18 children and 28 eyes. A) Preoperative image of patient 15, showing extensive endothelial precipitates and cataract and iris vascularization extending to the lens. B) Mild cataract in the left eye of patient 9 without apparent uveitis.

Figure 1. Spectrum of Spiroplasma spp.–caused eye disease documented in a multicenter retrospective study of Spiroplasma ixodetis infantile cataract in 8 countries in Europe. The study included a total of 18 children and 28 eyes. A) Preoperative image of patient 15, showing extensive endothelial precipitates and cataract and iris vascularization extending to the lens. B) Mild cataract in the left eye of patient 9 without apparent uveitis.

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1These senior authors contributed equally to this article.

2Additional members of the Spiroplasma Infantile Cataract Group who contributed data are listed at the end of this article.

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