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Volume 26, Number 2—February 2020
Dispatch

Ocular Spiroplasma ixodetis in Newborns, France

Alexandre MatetComments to Author , Anne Le Flèche-Matéos, François Doz, Pascal Dureau, and Nathalie Cassoux
Author affiliations: Institut Curie and Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France (A. Matet, F. Doz, N. Cassoux); Institut Pasteur, ​Paris (A. Le Flèche-Matéos); Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild, Paris (P. Dureau)

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Ocular anterior segment in 3 newborn infants with bilateral total cataract and anterior uveitis related to endogenous Spiroplasma ixodetis infection. A, B) Case-patient 1. Right (A) and left (B) eyes of a 4-week-old girl showing total cataract, posterior synechiae due to a cyclitic fibrinic membrane, and large keratic precipitates more visible in the left eye. The immature iris vasculature is dilated in the context of anterior segment inflammation. C, D) Case-patient 2. Right (C) and left (D) ey

Figure 1. Ocular anterior segment in 3 newborn infants with bilateral total cataract and anterior uveitis related to endogenous Spiroplasma ixodetis infection. A, B) Case-patient 1. Right (A) and left (B) eyes of a 4-week-old girl showing total cataract, posterior synechiae due to a cyclitic fibrinic membrane, and large keratic precipitates more visible in the left eye. The immature iris vasculature is dilated in the context of anterior segment inflammation. C, D) Case-patient 2. Right (C) and left (D) eyes of a 6-week-old boy showing total cataract, posterior synechiae, dilated immature iris vessels, and few keratic precipitates more visible in the left eye. E) Case-patient 3. Left eye of a 1-month-old boy with multiple retrocorneal white deposits, total cataract, posterior synechiae, and immature dilated iris vessels. F) Case-patient 3. Electron transmission microscopy of crystalline lens material from a 2-month-old boy with total cataract and anterior uveitis, revealing the presence of microorganisms with spiral-like projections highly suggestive of bacteria from the Spiroplasma genus.

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