[Monoclonal antibodies in the diagnosis of paratrachoma]

The efficacy of Chlamyset antigen (Orion, Finland) in the diagnosis of paratrachoma was studied; this test system is based on immunofluorscent method with anti-chlamydial monoclonal antibodies. Examinations of scrapings off the conjunctiva, obtained from 120 patients with suspected paratrachoma, have demonstrated that in contrast to the routine cytoscopic method for detection of Rickettsia prowazekii, this test system improves the efficacy of etiologic diagnosis of paratrachoma by 22.1 percent.