Cataract and uveitis are rare in newborns but potentially blinding. Three newborns with cataract and severe anterior uveitis underwent cataract surgery. Spiroplasma ixodetis was detected in lens aspirates using bacterial… Click to show full abstract
Cataract and uveitis are rare in newborns but potentially blinding. Three newborns with cataract and severe anterior uveitis underwent cataract surgery. Spiroplasma ixodetis was detected in lens aspirates using bacterial 16S-rRNA PCR and transmission electron microscopy. These findings, which suggest maternal–fetal infection, are consistent with previous experimental Spiroplasma-induced cataract and uveitis.
Keywords:
newborns france;
ixodetis newborns;
spiroplasma ixodetis;
spiroplasma;
ocular spiroplasma
Journal Title: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Year Published: 2020
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Journal Title: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Year Published: 2020
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