Ophthalmia neonatorum in Tanta prevalence of chlamydia trachomatis

ABSTRACT

During nine months, 112 infants 1-4 weeks old with purulent ocular discharge and 40 normal infants were studied opthalmologicaly and microbiologicaly for bacteria and chlamydia aetiology. Infants with conjunctivitis were divided into two groups group [A] had no treatment and group [B] treated before with no response. Pathogenic bacteria were cultured in 49.1% of all cases. Chlamydia was found in 9.6% in group [A] and in 38% in group [B]. In other words Chlamydial ophthalmia neonatorum is not uncommon in Tanta