Chlamydial and gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum in The Gambia.
Swabs were taken for isolation of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae from 112 infants with ophthalmia neonatorum attending a hospital in The Gambia. C. trachomatis was isolated from 37 (33%) and N. gonorrhoeae from 28 (25%), with both organisms being present in three cases (3%). A prospective study of 335 neonates was also undertaken in a Gambian town. Fifty-five infants (16%) showed clinical evidence of ophthalmia neonatorum. C. trachomatis was isolated from nine of these (16%) and N. gonorrhoeae from seven (13%).
D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003235:Conjunctivitis, Inclusion / Q000151:congenital / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005714:Gambia; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009878:Ophthalmia Neonatorum / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D011446:Prospective Studies