[Diagnosis of ocular chlamydiosis by gene amplification (polymerase chain reaction or P.C.R.)]

P Vérin; P Gendre; P Goldschmidt; B Mortemousque; P Coulon; W Williamson; P A Ndiaye

[Diagnosis of ocular chlamydiosis by gene amplification (polymerase chain reaction or P.C.R.)]

Rev Int Trach Pathol Ocul Trop Subtrop Sante Publique. 1992:69:133-7.

[Article in French]

Authors

P Vérin¹, P Gendre, P Goldschmidt, B Mortemousque, P Coulon, W Williamson, P A Ndiaye

Affiliation

¹ C.H.R., Hôpital des Enfants, Service d'Ophtalmologie, Bordeaux.

PMID: 1344966

Abstract

Identification of conjunctival chlamydioses could be very difficult since this disease is extremely latent. Moreover previous instillation of topical antibiotic provokes a negativation of D.I.F. and of cultures. P.C.R. is very useful, it was demonstrative in 41 cases out of 47 cases; D.I.F. was positive only in 18 cases. P.C.R. is a very promising method to recognize chlamydiae; identification of different serovars is processing.

Publication types

English Abstract

MeSH terms

Chlamydia Infections / diagnosis*
Chlamydia Infections / microbiology
Chlamydia trachomatis / genetics
Chlamydia trachomatis / isolation & purification
DNA, Bacterial / analysis
Eye Infections, Bacterial / diagnosis*
Eye Infections, Bacterial / microbiology
Humans
Polymerase Chain Reaction*

Substances

DNA, Bacterial