TY - JOUR AU - Matet, Alexandre AU - Le Flèche-Matéos, Anne AU - Doz, François AU - Dureau, Pascal AU - Cassoux, Nathalie T1 - Ocular Spiroplasma ixodetis in Newborns, France T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 2 SP - 340 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Cataract and uveitis are rare in newborns but potentially blinding. Three newborns with cataract and severe anterior uveitis underwent cataract surgery. Spiroplasma ixodetis was detected in lens aspirates using bacterial 16S-rRNA PCR and transmission electron microscopy. These findings, which suggest maternal–fetal infection, are consistent with previous experimental Spiroplasma-induced cataract and uveitis. KW - Spiroplasma KW - uveitis KW - cataract KW - eye KW - infection KW - microphthalmos KW - infant KW - newborn KW - PCR KW - bacteria KW - France KW - ticks KW - vector-borne infections DO - 10.3201/eid2602.191097 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/2/19-1097_article ER - End of Reference