Inclusion Conjunctivitis

Trachoma and Inclusion Conjunctivitis

Neonatal inclusion conjunctivitis in Australia.

Trachoma has been known to occur in Australia since the latter part of the 9gth century. Laboratory confirmation was first made by Rodger and Priestley (19I5), who studied cases of trachoma in Western Queensland and found characteristic inclusions within conjunctival epithelial cells. This work was reported 8 years after the original description of cell inclusions in trachoma by Halberstaedter ...

Staining of the inclusion bodies of trachoma and inclusion conjunctivitis.

THE first description of the inclusion bodies of trachoma was made by Halberstaedter and von Prowazek following the examination of Giemsa-stained scrapings from the conjunctivae of baboons which had been inoculated with secretions from trachomatous patients (cf. Julianelle, 1938). Since then Giemsa and its modifications have held prime place as a means of demonstrating these structures and this...

Bacteriological and Clinical Studies of an Epidemic of Koch-weeks Bacillus Conjunctivitis Associated with Cell Inclusion Conjunctivitis

1. There are cases in which epithelial cell inclusions may alone be present in the conjunctival smears. In such cases no other pathogenic organisms, such as the Koch-Weeks bacillus or the pneurnococcus, can be demonstrated in smears or cultures. 2. The conjunctiva can become simultaneously infected with the inclusion bodies and Koch-Weeks bacilli or other organisms. 3. In cases of acute or suba...

Dissociation of immune determinants of outer membrane proteins of Chlamydia psittaci strain guinea pig inclusion conjunctivitis.

Chlamydia trachomatis is an important human pathogen. Research to develop a Chlamydia vaccine has focused on the major outer membrane protein (MOMP). Determinants of this protein elicit serovar-specific neutralizing antibodies which are thought to play a critical role in protective immunity. MOMP-specific antibody responses are highly variable in the polymorphic population. Genetic factors whic...