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ArticleInternational journal of ophthalmology2016

High frequency of latent Chlamydia trachomatis infection in patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.

Ernest V Boiko, Alexei L Pozniak, Dmitrii S Maltsev, Alexei A Suetov, Irina V Nuralova

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Article in International journal of ophthalmology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Ernest V BoikoSt. Petersburg Branch of the Academician S. Fyodorov IRTC "Eye Microsurgery", St. Petersburg 192283, Russia; Department of Ophthalmology, Military Medical Academy, St. Petersburg 194044, Russia.
Alexei L PozniakSt. Petersburg Branch of the Academician S. Fyodorov IRTC "Eye Microsurgery", St. Petersburg 192283, Russia.
Dmitrii S MaltsevSt. Petersburg Branch of the Academician S. Fyodorov IRTC "Eye Microsurgery", St. Petersburg 192283, Russia.
Alexei A SuetovSt. Petersburg Branch of the Academician S. Fyodorov IRTC "Eye Microsurgery", St. Petersburg 192283, Russia.
Irina V NuralovaSt. Petersburg Branch of the Academician S. Fyodorov IRTC "Eye Microsurgery", St. Petersburg 192283, Russia.
Intersectoral Research and Technology Complex Eye Microsurgery · RUS. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy · RU

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Abstract

aimTo determine the frequency of detection of ocular and extraocular Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infection in non-high myopes with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD).

methodsThis was a single-center, nonrandomized, prospective, case-control study. One hundred and four patients were divided into a study group with RRD (n=63) and a control group with traumatic retinal detachment (n=41). Samples of subretinal fluid (SFR), conjunctival, urethral/cervical swabs, and blood were collected. The frequency of detection of CT infection in SRF samples was determined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), direct fluorescence assay (DFA) and cell culture, whereas that in conjunctival swabs was determined by PCR and DFA, and those in urethral/cervical swabs and blood were determined by DFA. Yates Chi-square test (with Bonferroni correction) and two-tailed Student's t-test were used for statistical analysis.

resultsSRF CT infection was detected more frequently in the study group (50.8%-71.4%) than in the control group (9.8%-12.2%) by all the methods used (P<0.01). The frequency of detection of conjunctival CT infection by DFA was higher in the RRD patients compared with the controls (81.0% vs 24.4%, P=0.004). The PCR detected conjunctival CT infection more often in the study group than in the controls (46.0% vs 9.8%, P=0.007). The DFA detected CT in blood specimens almost as frequently as in urogenital specimens, for the RRD patients (61.2% vs 63.5%) and the controls (7.3% vs 9.8%).

conclusionCT infection is detected with high frequency in non-high myopes with RRD.

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Chlamydia trachomatislatent infectionmyopiarhegmatogenous retinal detachment

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PMID27366689
PMCPMC4916144
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