Aqueous humor analysis as a diagnostic tool in toxoplasma uveitis.
Int Ophthalmol
; 13(6): 383-6, 1989 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-2697703
Analysis of local toxoplasma antibody production to confirm a suspected clinical diagnosis of toxoplasma chorioretinitis is a valuable diagnostic tool. Determination of toxoplasma antibodies in the blood of the patient is of limited use. When blood toxoplasma tests are negative this indicates that toxoplasma as a causative organisms in the pathogenesis of uveitis is unlikely. A positive blood test is a sensitive test (100% patients positive) but not a specific test since so many healthy individuals already have undergone subclinical infection and have acquired humoral immunity against the parasite. We analysed 93 paired aqueous and serum samples for toxoplasma antibodies and total IgG and determined the Goldmann-Wittmer coefficient. In patients retrospectively diagnosed as having toxoplasma chorioretinitis 16 out of 22 had a positive coefficient, indicating local parasite antibody production. In one patient with AIDS we also found a positive toxoplasma coefficient. Three out of 15 patients with posterior uveitis of unknown origin also had a positive coefficient. None of the cataract patients tested (n = 32) had a positive coefficient. Major drawbacks of aqueous humor analysis are that a false negative antibody coefficient can occur when a massive blood aqueous barrier breakdown has occurred.
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Asunto principal:
Humor Acuoso
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Anticuerpos Antiprotozoarios
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Toxoplasmosis Ocular
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Coriorretinitis
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Humans
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Revista:
Int Ophthalmol
Año:
1989
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