Erythromycin in Trachoma

Erythromycin in trachoma.

Material and Methods A series of 100 patients with trachoma in the infiltrative or follicular stage, in which inclusion bodies could be seen, was selected for this study. Conjunctival scrapings were obtained from the upper fornix by a sharp curette and spread on a slide, care being taken that no blood oozed out. The scrapings were stained by methylene blue and citric acid stain according to the...

Trachoma

Trachoma.

Trachoma is the most common infectious cause of blindness. It is caused by ocular serovars of Chlamydia trachomatis. Transmission is favoured in poor communities, where crowding is common and access to water and sanitation inadequate. Repeated reinfection over many years causes dense scarring of the upper eyelid. The resultant inversion of the lashes abrades the eyeball, and the abrasion leads ...

Trachoma in the Pacific Islands: evidence from Trachoma Rapid Assessment.

AIMS To establish the presence or absence of trachoma in the Pacific Island region. METHODS Trachoma Rapid Assessment methodology was used in Kiribati, Nauru, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Fiji. Advised by key informants, high-risk communities were chosen from each country. All available children aged 1-9 years and adults > or = 40 years were examined. RESULTS A total of 903 adults > or = 40...

Aureomycin in Trachoma.

DEAR SiRs-I think the paper published by A. J. Boase in the October, 1950, issue of the British Journal of Ophthalmology, regarding the treatment of trachoma by means of aureomycin, might give unwarranted hopes to those practising in heavily infected areas like ours. Boase has completely disregarded the secondary bacterial infection which is always the cause of severe clinical signs in trachoma...