ABSTRACT
The examination of 180 patients with acute neuroinfection (105 males, 75 females at the age from 18 to 45 years) has detected C. trachomatis in 23.8%, C. Pneumoniae in 66.6%, C. psittaci in 9.5% patients. Acute and chlamydial lesions of the central nervous system were characterized by all forms of neuroinfection: serous and purulent meningitides, meningoencephalitides. Development of acute neuroinfection is accompanied by sluggish chlamydial infection of the viscera.
Subject(s)
Chlamydia Infections , Nervous System Diseases , Acute Disease , Adolescent , Adult , Chlamydia/isolation & purification , Chlamydia Infections/diagnosis , Chlamydia Infections/etiology , Chlamydia trachomatis/isolation & purification , Chlamydophila pneumoniae/isolation & purification , Chlamydophila psittaci/isolation & purification , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct , Humans , Male , Meningitis/diagnosis , Meningitis/etiology , Meningoencephalitis/diagnosis , Meningoencephalitis/etiology , Middle Aged , Myelitis/diagnosis , Myelitis/etiology , Nervous System Diseases/diagnosis , Nervous System Diseases/etiology , Polyneuropathies/diagnosis , Polyneuropathies/etiology , Polyradiculoneuropathy/diagnosis , Polyradiculoneuropathy/etiologyABSTRACT
Modern methods for diagnosis of chlamydial infection are compared. In order to detect the total systems' manifestations in patients with chlamydial infection, the authors suggest to extend the list of clinical materials to be collected in patients with suspected chlamydial infection and to use direct immunofluorescent test, polymerase chain reaction, and ligase chain reaction in diagnostic studies.
