Open AccessEvaluation of patients with dry eye disease for conjunctival Chlamydia trachomatis and Ureaplasma urealyticum
Author(s) -
Maha M. AbdelFattah,
Rania Abdelmonem Khattab,
Magda H. Mahran,
Ebrahim Elborgy
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.634
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2227-4898
pISSN - 2222-3959
DOI - 10.18240/ijo.2016.10.15
Subject(s) - ureaplasma urealyticum , chlamydia trachomatis , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , ureaplasma , chlamydia , polymerase chain reaction , conjunctiva , mycoplasma , virology , biology , immunology , gene , biochemistry
To determine the possibility of the development of dry eye disease (DED) as a result of persistent infection with Chlamydia trachomatis and Ureaplasma urealyticum in the conjunctiva of patients.