Agglutinins to the causative organism of contagious equine metritis 1977 in human serum.
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was recovered from the external genitalia of associated stallions which did not show any clinical signs of disease.’ A full description of the organism, which does not identify with any known bacterium, will be published elsewhere.2 Inoculation of a pure culture of the organism into the uterine cervix of healthy pony mares results in an identical clinical condition in 2-3 days.3 Powell4 has given an account of the clinical and epidemiological features of the disease. We have lately been seeking evidence of infection of humans with this organism. As far as we know people handling or otherwise in contact with infected horses have not shown any clinical evidence of infection likely to be caused by it. Moreover we could not detect agglutinins to the organisms in the serum of four veterinary surgeons who have been in very close contact with infected horses. We have found agglutinins to the organism in the serum of patients attending a genito-medical clinic, including some known to be sexually promiscuous; in healthy adults; and in women attending an antenatal clinic.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Lancet
دوره 1 8076 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1978