title: Neonatal chlamydial eye infection: an epidemiological and clinical study.
abstract: Neonatal chlamydial eye infection was detected in 39 cases of 281 infants with purulent conjunctivitis seen at the Department of Ophthalmology. Most cases of neonatal chlamydial eye infection (90%) were detected during the first month of life, and no case was found after 2 months of age. C. trachomatis was not isolated from any of 161 healthy control infants at 3-4 weeks of age. Genital chlamydial infection was demonstrated in 50% of the mothers to infected infants. Two of these women developed post-partum complications possibly due to chlamydial infection. Mothers of infected infants tended to be younger than average. Of 23 cases examined 2 years later, late sequelae were identified in 3.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003235:Conjunctivitis, Inclusion / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008423:Maternal Age; D009878:Ophthalmia Neonatorum / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000382:microbiology; D013548:Sweden