Can chlamydial conjunctivitis result from direct ejaculation into the eye?
| Autor: | B T Goh, N D Viswalingam, S Rackstraw |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Sexually transmitted disease
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Ejaculation Eye disease Sexual Behavior Chlamydia trachomatis Dermatology Cervix Uteri Azithromycin medicine.disease_cause Eye Anti-Infective Agents Urethra Ciprofloxacin Risk Factors Metronidazole medicine Humans Pharmacology (medical) Sex organ Homosexuality Male Chlamydia business.industry Urethritis Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Eye infection Chlamydia Infections Conjunctivitis Inclusion medicine.disease eye diseases Neisseria gonorrhoeae Anti-Bacterial Agents Infectious Diseases Sexual Partners Treatment Outcome Doxycycline Immunology Female sense organs business Autoinoculation |
| Zdroj: | International journal of STDAIDS. 17(9) |
| ISSN: | 0956-4624 |
| Popis: | The majority of cases of chlamydial conjunctivitis are thought to result from autoinoculation by the patient of infected genital secretions from themselves or their sexual partners. We noted that some patients had developed symptoms following direct ejaculation into the affected eye. We describe four cases of chlamydial conjunctivitis following ejaculation of semen directly into the eye, which have not been previously described. In only one case was chlamydia detected in the genital tract. In three cases, there was no evidence of genital chlamydial infection; the sources of the eye infection being either from infected genital material of their sexual partners transferred by hands to the eyes, or more likely from direct ejaculate inoculation. It is likely that this mode of transmission is underestimated as a history of ejaculation into the conjunctiva is not normally asked for. |
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