PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - K Persson
AU  - R Rönnerstam
AU  - L Svanberg
AU  - M A Pohla
TI  - Neonatal chlamydial eye infection: an epidemiological and clinical study.
AID  - 10.1136/bjo.67.10.700
DP  - 1983 Oct 01
TA  - British Journal of Ophthalmology
PG  - 700--704
VI  - 67
IP  - 10
4099  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/67/10/700.short
4100  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/67/10/700.full
SO  - Br J Ophthalmol1983 Oct 01; 67
AB  - 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.