UVEITIS AND LYME BORRELIOSIS

In a retrospective study 56 consecutive patients with uveitis of unkno wn origin and 56 consecutive patients suffering from uveitis of establ ished aetiology were investigated. The purpose of this study was to de termine the frequency of positive serological tests for Lyme borrelios is among patients with uveitis and to relate laboratory data to clinic al findings. The antibody titre for Borrelia burgdorferi was determine d by two assays: the indirect immunofluorescence assay and the enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. A positive result according to one or both assays was found for eight patients with uveitis of unknown aetiology (14%) and three patients with uveitis of established cause (5%). On c linical examination, none of the patients fulfilled the CDC criteria f or diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis.