The prevalence of chlamydia trachomatis among patients with acute conjunctivitis in kasr alainy ophthalmology clinic
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Mervat Elanany; Marwa Sayed Mohamed; Maha A.Mowafy; Hala Mohamed El-Mofty; Nagwa Eid Sobhy Saad
- Source
- The Pan African Medical Journal
The Pan African Medical Journal, Vol 17, Iss 151 (2014)
- Subject
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Population
Acute Conjunctivitis
medicine.disease_cause
Young Adult
Ophthalmology
Prevalence
medicine
Humans
Young adult
education
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Trachoma
Bacterial Conjunctivitis
lcsh:R5-920
education.field_of_study
biology
business.industry
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
Research
lcsh:RA1-1270
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Conjunctivitis
medicine.disease
Dermatology
Chlamydia Trachomatis
Immunoglobulin M
Acute Disease
biology.protein
Tears
Egypt
Female
Health Facilities
lcsh:Medicine (General)
business
Chlamydia trachomatis
blindness
- Language
- ISSN
- 1937-8688
INTRODUCTION: Trachoma is a leading cause of avoidable blindness and endemic conjunctivitis in 57 countries. It infects approximately 84 million people globally, and continues to threaten over 10 % of the world's population with the risk of blindness. METHODS: This is a cross sectional descriptive study assessing patients presenting with acute conjunctivitis. A full history was taken from patients followed by examination of both eyes. A conjunctival swab was taken and a sample of tears was collected and handled at the central laboratory unit at Kasr AlAiny hospital for culture and sensitivity of the swab and ELISA for tears searching for Immunoglobulin G and Immunoglobulin M of chlamydia trachomatis. RESULTS: The prevalence of bacterial conjunctivitis encounter 45.7% and non-bacterial encounter 54.3 % of the studied group. The anti-chlamydial antibodies were positive in the tears of 31.1% of patients. While the other bacterial organisms responsible for 14.6%. CONCLUSION: The study concluded that trachoma accounts for one third of the cases of acute conjunctivitis while the other bacterial organisms responsible for about 14.6%. More than half of the cases have other causes as viral, allergic, mechanical or chemical induced conjunctivitis.