Volume 26, Number 2—February 2020
Dispatch
Ocular Spiroplasma ixodetis in Newborns, France
Alexandre Matet
, Anne Le Flèche-Matéos, François Doz, Pascal Dureau, and Nathalie Cassoux
, Anne Le Flèche-Matéos, François Doz, Pascal Dureau, and Nathalie Cassoux
Table
Characteristics of 3 newborns with cataract and anterior uveitis* and 5 controls with congenital cataracts without signs of intraocular infection, France†
| ID no. | Sex | Date of diagnosis | Age at diagnosis/lens extraction, mo | Affected eye | Clinical ocular findings | Region of residence (environment) | Travel during pregnancy | Crystalline lens sample volume, μL | Bacterial 16S-rRNA PCR, % homology to S. ixodetis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case-patients | |||||||||
| 1 | F | 2014 Jan | 1/2 | Both | Cataract + anterior uveitis | Hauts-de-France, France (rural area, adjacent to Saint-Gobain Forest) | No | 200 | 98.7 |
| 2 | M | 2018 Jan | 0/3 | Both | Cataract + anterior uveitis | Centre-Val de Loire, France (rural area, adjacent to Loire-Anjou-Touraine Regional Forest) | No | 150 | 98.6 |
| 3 |
M |
2019 Jan |
1/2 |
Left |
Cataract + anterior uveitis |
Ile-de-France, France (Paris suburban area) |
No |
100 |
98.7 |
| Controls | |||||||||
| 1 | F | 2018 Feb | 4/5 | Right | Cataract | NA | NA | 50 | Negative |
| 2 | M | 2018 Apr | 4/5 | Right | Cataract + nystagmus | NA | NA | 10 | Negative |
| 3 | M | 2018 Apr | 4/5 | Left | Cataract + nystagmus | NA | NA | 200 | Negative |
| 4 | F | 2018 Feb | 1/2 | Left | Cataract | NA | NA | 100 | Negative |
| 5 | F | 2018 Mar | 0/3 | Left | Cataract | NA | NA | 50 | Negative |
*Positive for Spiroplasma ixodetis in crystalline lens material by bacterial 16S-rRNA PCR.
†For all case-patients and controls, pregnancy was normal and delivery was uneventful. NA, not applicable.
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