Bacterial eye infections associated with sexual transmission infections: A review.
Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol (Engl Ed)
; 97(1): 17-27, 2022 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-35027140
The objective of this work was to collect updated information on Treponema pallidum, Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae, causing sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and etiological agents of eye infections, to provide relevant information on this public health problem. For this, a bibliographic review was carried out using different electronic databases such as: PubMed central, google academic, Lilacs, Scopus, Science Direct and Scielo, between March 2009 and August 2019. According to the WHO, more than a million people a day contract a sexually transmitted infection. For T. pallidum, a global prevalence of 0.5% is estimated for both men and women. It is a causative agent of syphilis and ocular syphilis, which manifests as uveitis. Overall, a prevalence of 2.8% in men and 3.8% in women for C. trachomatis is estimated. It is associated with oculo-genital disease, which includes STIs, inclusion conjunctivitis in adults and neonatal ophthalmia. Among its complications is trachoma, which is the leading cause of infectious blindness worldwide. Regarding N. gonorrhoeae, it has a global selection of 0.9% and 0.7% in women and men, respectively. It manifests with gonococcal conjunctivitis and neonatal ophthalmia. We can conclude that the information that relates T. pallidum, C. trachomatis and N. gonorrhoeae with their ocular compromise problems is insufficient, and even more so if we seek to find them related to each other, which makes it difficult to access data of clinical utility for visual health.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Infecções por Chlamydia
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Gonorreia
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Infecções Oculares Bacterianas
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Doenças Genitais
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Newborn
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En
Revista:
Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol (Engl Ed)
Ano de publicação:
2022
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Article
País de afiliação:
Chile
País de publicação:
Espanha