Dye Test for 24 Cases of Uveitis.
- Author:
Song Bee LEE
1
;
Byong Gook PAK
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Gyeonggi-do;
Humans;
Korea;
Methylene Blue;
Outpatients;
Toxoplasma;
Toxoplasmosis;
Uveitis*
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1966;7(2):83-87
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Toxoplasma gondii preferred for this test was "Anyang strain" from Veterinary Research Laboratory, Anyang, Korea. Sabin and Feldman's Methylene Blue Dye Test for toxoplasmosis was carried out upon 24 cases, of whom 14 outpatients in this clinic from June to August in 1966 had uveal lesions and 10 blinds were thought to be resulted from uveitis. The results were as follows: 1. 3 out of 24 cases were positive in each titers of 1:4, 1:16 and 1:64 respectively. 2. One rabbit was positive in titer 1:64, which rabbit was 30 days after intraocular innoculation of the Toxoplasma gondii.
