Follicular Conjunctivitis due to Chlamydia felis—Case Report, Review of the Literature and Improved Molecular Diagnostics

A 29-year-old woman presented with unilateral, chronic follicular conjunctivitis since 6 weeks. While the conjunctival swab taken from the patient’s eye was negative in a Chlamydia (C.) trachomatis-specific PCR, C. felis was identified as etiological agent using a pan-Chlamydia TaqMan-PCR followed b...

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Main Authors: Juliana Wons, Ralph Meiller, Antonio Bergua, Christian Bogdan, Walter Geißdörfer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
PCR
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmed.2017.00105/full