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Altered hyaluronic acid content in tear fluid of patients with adenoviral conjunctivitis
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Autores: DREYFUSS,JULIANA L.; REGATIERI,CAIO V.; COELHO,BRUNO; BARBOSA,JOSÉ B.; FREITAS,DENISE DE; NADER,HELENA B.; MARTINS,JOÃO R.
The adenoviral conjunctivitis is one of the biggest causes of conjunctival infection in the world. Conjunctivitis causes relatively nonspecific symptoms, as hyperaemia and chemosis. Even after biomicroscopy, complex laboratory tests, such as viral culture, are necessary to identify the pathogen or its etiology. To contribute to the better understanding of the pathobiology of the adenoviral conjunctivitis, the tear fluids of patients with unilateral acute adenovirus conjunctivitis (UAAC), normal donors (control) and patients with allergic conjunctivitis were analyzed. Tear samples were collected with Schirmer strips from control, allergic conjunctivitis and UAAC patients, diagnosed by clinical signs. UAAC tears were tested positive in viral cultures. After...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Conjunctivitis; Glycosaminoglycans; Hyaluronic acid; Tear film.
Ano: 2015
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652015000100455