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We performed a retrospective study in patients with clinically suspected chlamydial conjunctivitis who underwent conjunctival swab sampling for Chlamydia direct fluorescent antibody (DFA) tests ...

Chlamydial eye involvement, known as trachoma, is endemic in many parts of the world and is a major cause of blindness. It involves the cornea, initially as superficial keratitis. Later, trachomatous ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN FRANCISCO — In 1993, the CDC recommended routinely screening all pregnant women for Chlamydia trachomatis, ...

Conjunctivitis in infants within first 28 days of life is referred as Neonatal Conjunctivitis or Ophthalmia Neonatorum. Conjunctivitis is defined as inflammation of conjunctiva, which is the thin ...

This is a four week old male infant born to a 26 year old G2P2 O+, rubella immune, group B strep negative, HBsAg negative, VDRL negative, gonorrhea and chlamydia negative, married female at 40 weeks ...

Although erythromycin is the treatment of choice for neonatal chlamydial infections, health care providers must also assess for its potential adverse effects. Numerous studies have shown an ...

"Can Chlamydial Conjunctivitis Result From Direct Ejaculation Into the Eye?" ask Simon Rackstraw, ND Viswalingam and Beng T Goh of the Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. That question forms the title ...

Chlamydia is the most common STD in the UK, affecting millions of people under 25. In fact, one in 10 sexually active young people is believed to be affected, but researchers think rates of the ...

We congratulate the authors on the creation and evaluation of their Red Eye Algorithm, for use in primary care settings. 1 This algorithm suggests that bilateral red eyes, with signs and symptoms of ...

Thirty-five to 50% of infants born to mothers who test positive for clamydia develop chlamydial conjunctivitis, and 11 to 20% of these children develop pneumonia. [3] The initial watery mucoid ocular ...