title: Leptospiral antibodies in patients with recurrent ophthalmic involvement.
abstract: Leptospiral antibodies could be demonstrated by microscopic agglutination test in 14 of 15 (93%) patients with acute panuveitis and retinal vasculitis in a preliminary study undertaken during the postmonsoon period at Madurai in Tamilnadu, India. The predominant serogroup was Pomona followed by Autumnalis, Australis and Javanica, the titres being between 1:160 and 1:10240. Titres in the normal controls were 1:20 to 1:80 in 8 of 20 mostly to the endemic serogroup Autumnalis. The involvement of leptospires particularly Pomona as a cause of ophthalmic complications in the patients studied is likely.
authors.affiliation: Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai.
authors.lastname: Rathinamsivakumar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ratnam
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sureshbabu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Natarajaseenivasan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007919:Leptospira / Q000276:immunology; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015864:Panuveitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial