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Method for detection of conjunctival chlamydial infection and allergic conjunctivitis
R Van Ginderdeuren1, L Missotten
1Department of ophthalmology, U.Z. St. Rafaël, Leuven, Belgium.
Bulletin De La Societe Belge D'Ophtalmologie
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
In this study 104 adult patients with chronic conjunctival irritation without obvious diagnosis were investigated by conjunctival scrapings. The smears were stained with May-Grünwald-Giemsa or fluorescein-conjugated monoclonal antibodies prepared against Chlamydiae. In 45 cases it was possible to make a correct diagnosis of Chlamydia infection (29%) or allergy (20%).