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20 kwi 2024 · The diagnosis of trachoma primarily depends on the patient's history and clinical signs observed during a slit-lamp examination. Although several diagnostic tests have been developed to detect the organism, a universally recognized gold standard investigation does not exist.
10 paź 2024 · Trachoma is a disease of the eye caused by infection with the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. It is a public health problem in 39 countries and is responsible for the blindness or visual impairment of about 1.9 million people.
Recent studies provide new insight into the diagnosis and treatment of trachoma: immunopathologic studies further elucidate etiology and clinical sequelae; new diagnostic tests such as confocal microscopy are supplementing current diagnostic criteria; mass treatment strategies are proposing effective methods for antibiotic distribution; and ...
5 paź 2022 · Diagnosis of trachoma is usually clinical because testing is rarely available in endemic areas. Lymphoid follicles on the tarsal plate or along the corneal limbus, linear conjunctival scarring, and corneal pannus are considered diagnostic in the appropriate clinical setting.
2 sty 2024 · Trachoma is a keratoconjunctivitis caused by ocular infection with Chlamydia trachomatis (serovars A, B, Ba, and C). Inflammatory episodes in adults tend to be shorter and less severe than in children.
1 gru 2007 · Clinical features. Clinically, trachoma is sub-divided into active (early) and cicatricial (late-stage) disease. Active disease is more commonly found in children and is characterized by a chronic, recurrent follicular conjunctivitis, most prominently of the upper tarsal conjunctiva.
21 paź 2020 · Diagnosis. Your doctor can diagnose trachoma through a physical examination or by sending a sample of bacteria from your eyes to a laboratory for testing. But lab tests aren't always available in places where trachoma is common.
