Chlamydial and gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum in The Gambia

Ann Trop Paediatr. 1987 Sep;7(3):177-80. doi: 10.1080/02724936.1987.11748502.

Abstract

Swabs were taken for isolation of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae from 112 infants with ophthalmia neonatorum attending a hospital in The Gambia. C. trachomatis was isolated from 37 (33%) and N. gonorrhoeae from 28 (25%), with both organisms being present in three cases (3%). A prospective study of 335 neonates was also undertaken in a Gambian town. Fifty-five infants (16%) showed clinical evidence of ophthalmia neonatorum. C. trachomatis was isolated from nine of these (16%) and N. gonorrhoeae from seven (13%).

MeSH terms

  • Chlamydia trachomatis / isolation & purification
  • Conjunctivitis, Inclusion / congenital
  • Conjunctivitis, Inclusion / epidemiology*
  • Gambia
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae / isolation & purification
  • Ophthalmia Neonatorum / epidemiology*
  • Ophthalmia Neonatorum / etiology
  • Prospective Studies