2004, Number 4
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Rev Mex Oftalmol 2004; 78 (4)
Identificación de leptospira en la patogénesis de la uveítis crónica en la ciudad de México
Elizalde CAA, Tenorio GG, Velasco CO
Language: Spanish
References: 23
Page: 165-170
PDF size: 292.20 Kb.
ABSTRACT
Leptospirosis may produce subconjuctival hemorrhage, panuveitis, vitreitis, retinal vasculitis and papilitis in the eye.
Objective: To determine the prevalence of seric Leptospira Interrogans antibodies and their most frequent related serological varieties in Mexico, in subjects with active chronic uveitis.
Materials and methods: A clinic-observational, transverse, descriptive design was achieved. 76 subjects with active chronic uveitis (study group) and 140 without any ocular affection (control group) were included. A complete descriptive analysis and classification of uveitis were performed. Significant differences among the two groups were determined with the Fisher test.
Results: 22 subjects from the study group and 8 from the control group had positive titles for leptospira. The seropositivity
varieties in the study group were: icterohaemorragie (13), canicola (8) and pomona (1).
Conclusions: Leptospira may play an active etiological roll in the development of chronic uveitis in Mexican population.
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