Volume 22, Number 2—February 2016
Research
Trematode Fluke Procerovum varium as Cause of Ocular Inflammation in Children, South India
Table 2
Summary of clinical features of 13 patients whose samples were positive for trematode DNA in study of ocular granulomas in children, South India*
Sample no. | Type of granuloma | Patient age, y/sex | Duration of granuloma, ≈d |
---|---|---|---|
1 | SCG | 9/M | 30 |
2 | ACG | 9/F | 60 |
3 | ACG | 11/M | 30 |
4 | SCG | 11/F | 7 |
5 | SCG | 15/M | 35 |
6 | ACG | 9/M | 60 |
7 | SCG | 11/M | 30 |
8 | SCG | 11/M | 15 |
9 | SCG | 18/M | 30 |
10 | ACG | 7/M | 90 |
11 | ACG | 14/M | 15 |
12 | SCG | 6/M | 15 |
13 | SCG | 16/M | 10 |
*Testing performed with Power SYBR Green Real-Time PCR (Applied Biosystems, Warrington, UK). SCG, subconjunctival granuloma; ACG, anterior chamber granuloma. All patients reported bathing in a pond or river, and all trematodes were determined to be Procerovum spp. |
1Current affiliation: National Academy of Sciences, India, Lucknow, India.