RAPID DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CHLAMYDIAL CONJUNCTIVITIS

During December 1989 to December 1992, conjunctival specimens from 63 patients with severe trachoma and 30 with acute follicular conjunctivi tis at the eye clinic of Tong Ren Hospital in Beijing, were tested by using direct immunofluorescent technique and amplified enzyme-linked i mmunoassay (Micro Trak and IDEIA) for chlamydial antigenicity. Trachom a accounted for 97.6% while acute follicular conjunctivitis accounted for 2.4% of the positive cases. Micro Trak and IDEIA tests proved adva ntageous over the culture method for the detection of Chlamydia tracho matis. In our study, Ofloxacin eye ointment has been proved to be an a lterative drug for severe trachoma with better curative effectiveness.