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Laboratory survey of Chlamydia trachomatis ocular infections
E Gulletta1, M Del Pezzo, A Del Prete
1Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, II Medical School, University of Naples, Italy.
European Journal of Epidemiology
|September 1, 1990
Abstract:
The authors used immunofluorescence and immunoperoxidase tests to study a group of 101 patients with acute or chronic conjunctivitis, etiologically unrelated to conventional bacterial pathogens, and a control group of 30 healthy adults. Positive titers of IgG in serum and of IgA in lacrimal secretions against Chlamydia, detected by IPA, correlated with the identification of microorganisms by direct immunofluorescence. The use of both tests allows a precise evaluation of the stage of the infection and of its evolutive pattern.