Acute non-haemorrhagic conjunctivitis due to coxsackievirus A24.
Two cases of acute non-haemorrhagic conjunctivitis due to coxsackievirus A24 (CA24) are described. These are the first Australian isolates. The presentation was as a severe conjunctivitis in otherwise healthy adults who had not travelled outside Australia. The course was of short duration and self-limiting with no long-term sequelae. The isolates could not be neutralised by antiserum prepared against prototype CA24 but were identified by immune electron microscopy and complement fixation.
Brooks
A M
AM
Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Australia.
Cowen
P H
PH
Marshall
J A
JA
Leong
W A
WA
Bitsianis
V
V
Evered
M
M
Kennett
M L
ML
D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D003236:Conjunctivitis, Viral / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D004770:Enterovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D014773:Virology / Q000379:methods