Yeungnam Univ J Med.  1989 Dec;6(2):23-28. 10.12701/yujm.1989.6.2.23.

Incidence of the chlamydial conjunctivitis in the newborn period

• Shin SM
• Kang MW

• KMID: 2377227
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.1989.6.2.23

Abstract

After application of silver nitrate on every newborn, the incidence of gonococcal conjunctivitis was markedly decreased. But recently neonatal conjunctivitis due to chlamydial infection is increasing, so clinical observation was made on 26 newborn infants who showed eye discharge from June 1st to August 31st 1989. The results were as follows. 1. The incidence of chlamydial infection among neonatal conjunctivitis was 34.6%. 2. The most common age at diagnosis was 6-15days of life and there was no secual preponderance. 3. There was no significant difference on clinical symptoms between chlamydial conjunctivitis and other conjunctivitis. 4. Of 26 infants examined, 16 cases revealed no growth on routine bacterial culture. Of the organism cultured, P. aeruginosa was the most common agent (19.2%) and followed by S. aureus (11.5%) and S. epidermidis (7.6%). In one case of chlamydial conjunctivitis, there was concurrent S. aureus infections. 5. On this study, Giemsa stain did not give significant diagnostic aid of chlamydial conjunctivitis.

MeSH Terms

Azure Stains
Conjunctivitis*
Diagnosis
Humans
Incidence*
Infant
Infant, Newborn*
Silver Nitrate
Azure Stains
Silver Nitrate