Publications

[role of chlamydia in the etiology of reiter's disease].		1975	1144950
protein profiles of dense-centered forms of five chlamydial strains of animal origin.	purified dense-centered form of 1 bovine strain (lw613) and 3 ovine strains (b577, 034-eye, and 047-eye) of chlamydia psittaci and 1 murine strain of chlamydia trachomatis (mopn) were dissociated in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate (sds) and 2-mercaptoethanol. the number of polypeptides detected in the 5 strains varied between 17 and 20, with a molecular weight range of 29,000 to 120,000. two polypeptides predominated and comprised approximately a third of the total protein in each of the ...	1975	1147351
electron microscopy of the in vivo internalization of virulent chlamydia psittaci 6bc strain.	the internalization of virulent chlamydia psittaci 6bc particles by wandering mononuclear phagocytes in the peritoneal cavity of intraperitoneally inoculated mice occurred asynchronously, i.e., fragile reticulate bodies (rb) appeared to be more readily phagocytized than the rigid elementary bodies (eb). early damage of mononuclear phagocytes occurred after internalization of chlamydiae. this was followed by a decreased uptake of particles, and may explain the relatively long persistence (up to ...	1975	1148946
acute epididymitis attributable to chlamydial infection -- preliminary report.	two cases of acute epididymitis are described in which there was found to be a significant rise in the titre of antibodies to the chlamydial group of organisms. it is suggested that chlamydial infection is a cause of acute epididymitis.	1975	1152743
comparison of antigenic structure and pathogenicity of bovine intestinal chlamydia isolate with an agent of epizootic bovine abortion.	a bovine fecal chlamydia, isolated from a clinically normal cow, had pathogenic capabilities and antigenic structure similar to those of a chlamydial agent of epizootic bovine abortion (eba). intravenous inoculation of the fecal chlamydia into a pregnant heifer caused abortion and lesions in the fetus indistinguishable from those of experimentally induced eba. in serotests with species-specific complement fixation antigens, the intestinal agent was similar to the eba agent.	1975	1155834
minocycline in the treatment of nongonococcal urethritis: its effect on chlamydia trachomatis.	the effect of minocycline on nongonococcal urethritis (ngu) was investigated, with particular reference to its action against chlamydia trachomatis. preliminary laboratory studies showed that the drug was active against a laboratory chlamydial strain (lb4f) in vitro. a group of 133 men with first attacks of ngu was then treated with minocycline, 100 mg twice daily for 3 weeks. isolates of c trachomatis were obtained from 33 of these men before treatment; all of them gave negative results on cell ...	1975	1158770
proceedings: psittacosis.		1975	1165305
[use of agar gel precipitation test for the diagnosis of chlamydia infections in the cattle and sheep].		1975	1167282
utilization of l-cell nucleoside triphosphates by chlamydia psittaci for ribonucleic acid synthesis.	long-term, 32-p-labeled l cells were infected with the obligately intracellular parasite chlamydia psittaci (strain 6 bc). at 20 h postinfection, [3-h]uridine was added, and the infected cells were sampled at intervals for incorporation of the labels into the uridine triphosphate (utp) and cytidine triphosphate (ctp) pools of the host l cell and the uridine monophosphate (ump) and cytidine monophosphate (cmp) in 16s ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rna) of the parasite. the specific activity of the n ...	1975	1168632
report of a workshop: disease accentuation after immunization with inactivated microbial vaccines.		1975	1169271
[psittaciadae, bedsonia organisms, fungi and yeasts (author's transl)].		1975	1171536
ultrastructural cytochemical evidence for the activation of lysosomes in the cytocidal effect of chlamydia psittaci.	the cytopathic effect of the polyarthritis strain of chlamydia psittaci was studied in cultured bovine fetal spleen cells and found to be mediated by the release of lysosomal enzymes into the host cytoplasm during the late stages of chlamydial development. ultrastructural cytochemical analysis and cell fractionation studies of infected cells revealed a close relationship between the stage of chlamydial development, fine structural features of the host, and localization of lysosomal enzyme activi ...	1975	1172486
chlamydial pharyngitis?		1975	1174110
[demonstration of pathogens in lymphogranuloma inguinale. an electron microscopy study].	a case of lymphogranulomatosis inguinalis is reported, in which the definite diagnosis was made by the electronmicroscopical demonstration of chlamydia lymphogranulomatosis in the lymphnode. the value of this diagnostical method is discussed in regard to verifying the diagnosis and in comparison with other methods. the lifecycle of the chlamydia lymphogranulomatosis could be demonstrated electronmicroscopically. its exceptional position in microbiological classification is discussed.	1975	1176287
human psittacosis associated with commercial processing of turkeys.	between may 1 and aug 1, 1974, 114 of approximately 1,000 employees in 7 turkey processing plants in texas (5), missouri (1), and nebraska (1) had an illness compatible with psittacosis. the illness was characterized by fever, severe headache, and pneumonia. treatment with tetracycline was effective in most cases. psittacosis was confirmed in 41 (36%) of the cases by a fourfold change in complement-fixation titer to the chlamydia group antigen. investigations implicated several turkey flocks fro ...	1975	1184442
pneumonitis following inclusion blennorrhea.	a pregnant woman and her husband had proved chlamydial genital tract infections. she gave birth to a male infant who developed inclusion blennorrhea (inclusion conjunctivitis of the newborn infant). while on topical chemotherapy for his eye disease, the infant developed pneumonitis. chlamydiae were recovered from his sputum at a time when conjunctival specimens were sterile. this finding raises the possibility that the agent of inclusion conjunctivitis may cause systemic infections in neonates e ...	1975	1185349
letter: nongonococcal urethritis.		1975	1186811
[comparative studies on the execution of the complement fixation test. 1. studies on the antigen dilution using an ornithosisantigen].		1975	1189568
[comparative studies on the execution of the complement fixation test. 2. comparison of serum titers, illustrated with ornithosis complement fixation tests].		1975	1189569
[experimental bedsonia infections in calf. 2. pathomorphologic studies].	tracheal inoculation of bovine strains of bedsonia was often followed by inflammatory processes in lung, trachea, nasal mucosa and also spleen, lymph nodes and brain. lesions in the duct system and alveoli of the lung consisted of exudates containing neutrophilic granulocytes and proliferation of epithelial and mesenchymal cells. the initial changes were evidently located in the bronchioli. elementary bodies were present in variable numbers. the formation of lesions seemed to be influenced by ro ...	1975	1190967
chlamydiosis in a beef herd.	chlamydial infection in a large beef herd is illustrated and discussed. the pre-natal and post-natal losses that occurred during 1972 are highlighted. total pre-natal losses for the nine calving herds comprising 2,915 animals varied between 3,7% and 12,4%. between 1,2% and 11,4% of the calves born alive in the nine herds died before weaning with 70% of the losses occurring within the first three weeks of life. chlamydial organisms were demonstrated in pre-natal and post-natal losses from all nin ...	1975	1195268
chlamydial infection in women with cervical dysplasia.	the prevalence of antibodies to chlamydiae, particularly to tric (trachoma-inclusion conjunctivitis) agents, was studied in women with cervical dysplasia and in women attending selected clinics (obstetrics, cancer-screening, and gynecology). in addition, attempts were made to isolate tric agents and herpesviruses from the cervices of these women. tric agent recovery rates 4.1 per cent for women with dysplasia, 5.4 per cent for pregnant women, 7.8 per cent in the women's clinic, and 0.8 per cent ...	1975	1200069
trachoma in the sudan. a laboratory study.	out of 46 patients in the sudan who had been diagnosed clinically as having trachoma 25 strains of the trachoma agent were isolated. bacterial contamination was easily controlled by streptomycin and vancomycin. on repeated passaging, chick embryos lost their susceptibility to the trachoma agent during the summer.	1975	1203228
[role of chlamydia in the etiology of bronchopneumonia in calves].		1975	1209979
insidious endocarditis caused by chlamydia psittaci.		1975	1212580
[study of chlamydioses in animals].		1975	1216533
[epizootologic study of animals by means of the group of antigens to bedsoniosis].		1975	1216584
[study of the sensitivity of halprowia (microorganisms of the olt group) isolated in joint pathology to antibiotics and sodium sulfapyridazine in in ovo experiments].	sensitivity to antibiotics and sodium sulfapiridasin of the microorganisms of group olt, i. e. halprowia and chlamidia isolated from the joint fluid and synovial of the affected joints in patients with rheumatoid or non-specific infectious arthritis and raiter syndrome was studied in ovo. the data provided determination of the spectrum of their sensitivity to various drugs. the antibiotics of the tetracycline group, i. e. olemorphocycline, tetracycline and rondomycin were shown to have the highe ...	1975	1225213
chlamydial eye disease.	in the united states, chlamydial (tric) agents cause a small but important segment of infectious ocular disease. elsewhere in the world, trachoma still represents the single greatest cause of blindness. the description of these diseases in this chapter is a brief introduction to a subject about which volumes have been and will continue to be written. barring unforeseen developments, these agents will continue to plague humankind beyond the end of the twentieth century.	1975	1225860
[experimental infection of guinea pigs with chlamydia. 1. pathomorphological studies].	the changes that occurred following nasal instillation of a bovine strain of chlamydia psittaci were characterized by hypertrophy and proliferation of epithelial cells and exudates containing polymorphonuclear leukocytes, with acute bronchopneumonia and less intense inflammatory reactions in nasal and tracheal mucosa, spleen and pulmonary lymph nodes. the intestines, liver, kidney and brain were scarcely affected. there was little prospect of complete recovery from the clinically mild, or even s ...	1975	1227428
the ultrastructure of macrophages in granulomatous colitis of boxer dogs.	thirteen cases of granulomatous colitis of boxer dogs were studied by electron microscopy to define the contents of macrophages and to seek infectious agents. macrophages were of three types. the most numerous were distended with residual bodies composed of membranes and parallel pairs of membranes, many arranged in circular patterns. a second common form had heterogeneous cytoplasm distended with phagosomes containing numerous small granular spheres of various sizes and electron densities. the ...	1975	1229059
[zoonoses in veterinary practice. 3. chlamydial, rickettsial and fungal infections].		1975	1231047
lids, conjunctiva, and lacrimal apparatus. eye infections with chlamydia.		1975	1235490
laboratory procedures for the isolation of chlamydia trachomatis from the human genital tract.	the technique of isolating chlamydia trachomatis from the human gential tract by centrifuging clinical specimens on to cell monolayers with subsequent incubation has been improved and simplified. gentamicin in the media was found to be superior to streptomycin in reducing bacterial contamination of specimens. the infectivity of chlamydial suspensions of laboratory cultured material was significantly reduced by storage at +4 degrees c for more than 48 hours, and by immediate freezing to -70 degre ...	1975	1236632
[morphological ultrastructural and immunological studies of a rickettsia isolated from a parrot (author's transl)].	a rickettsia isolated from a parrot was found by use of electron microscopic and serological technic to be a coxiella burneti. in cell culture one can see a dramatic polymorphism and a gram negative-like structure of the cell wall. they divide by binary fission with no appearance of a complexe cycle of development like the one described for chlamydia psittaci. many myelinic fibrils and altered coxiella suggest that the host cell react very deaply.	1975	1238044
ultrastructural studies of chlamydia psittaci 6bc in situ in yolk sac explants and l cells: a comparison with gram-negative bacteria.	chlamydia psittaci (6bc) was grown in yolk sac explants and in l cells and fixed by perfusion in situ to provide undamaged material for comparison with gram-negative bacteria. reticulate, intermediate, and elementary bodies were all seen to lack a well-defined periplasmic space; intermediate and elementary bodies showed condensations of the nucleoid which differ from common bacterial configurations; and the cytoplasm of highly condensed elementary bodies was much more electron dense than that of ...	1975	1238156
the effect of purification on the ultrastructure and infectivity of egg-attenuated chlamydia psittaci (6bc).	a procedure is described for the purification of mixed populations of the three different morphological forms of chlamydia psittaci (6bc) from infected yolk sac membranes. elementary bodies and small intermediate bodies are not perceptibly damaged during purification which involves homogenization of the host cells, differential centrifugation, sedimentation through 20% sucrose, and treatment with trypsin. the observation that elementary bodies undergo plasmolysis in 20% sucrose is interpreted as ...	1975	1238157
comparative infectivity of trachoma organisms in hela 229 cells and egg cultures.	thirty-two trachoma strains were simultaneously titrated in the yolk sac of embryonated chicken eggs and in hela 229 cells pretreated with diethylaminoethyl-dextran to determine the relative sensitivity of the two culture systems for detection of the infection. the strains tested were both yolk sac- and hela cell-established isolates from the eye and the genital tract. the study showed that the cell culture was of equal or greater sensitivity than yolk sac culture and that ocular and genital iso ...	1975	1238370
[isolation of antigen in the diagnosis of enzootic abortion of sheep by use of the complement fixation test].		1975	1239846
morphological picture of testes of bulls infected with microorganisms of the genus chlamydia.		1975	1240018
letter: chlamydial infections.		1975	1242188
isolation of chlamydia from women attending a clinic for sexually transmitted disease.	cervical swabs for chlamydia culture were collected from 638 unselected women attending a sexually transmitted diseases clinic with a fresh complaint. chlamydia were isolated from 76 (12 per cent.) of the women. when the results were related to the patients' diagnoses, chlamydia were present in 44 per cent. of women with gonorrhoea and in 22 per cent. of women who were contacts of men with nonspecific urethritis (women who may be regarded as having non-specific genital infection). chlamydia were ...	1975	1242683
some aspects of sexually transmitted diseases today.		1975	1242807
studies of trachoma in families on taiwan.	this study was undertaken to clarify the natural history and pathogenesis of trachoma. a group of families who live in a formerly trachoma hyperendemic area of southern taiwan were placed under continuous surveillance. the development in recent years of the micro immunofluorescence test for trachoma antibody, along with improved cell culture isolation methods, have allowed this surveillance to include repeated effective laboratory studies in addition to clinical observations. after four years' s ...	1975	1243110
trachoma organisms: technical advances in laboratory diagnosis.	new knowledge of the microbiology and immunology of chlamydia is reviewed. new serological and isolation methods for diagnosis of trachoma infection are described. results of studies of ocular and genital trachoma infection utilizing these new techniques are presented.	1975	1243119
medical aspects of some zoonoses.		1975	1243682
[ultrastructural study of the trachoma infected conjunctiva].		1975	781768
[effectiveness of vaccination against chlamydia abortion in sheep].		1975	773626
laboratory techniques in ocular virology.		1975	773878
the prevention of blindness from trachoma.		1975	775692
[experimental infection of guinea pigs with clamydia. 2. fluorescent antibody examinations].	the direct fluorescent antibody technique was applied to blood smears and organ impression smears from guinea-pigs killed at various times during 13 weeks following nasal infection with a bovine strain of chlamydia. antigen inclusions were demonstrated one hour after infection in blood granulocytes, after 3 hours in most of the organs examined and after 6-12 hours in all the organs. antigen was present throughout the period of observation in blood smears and samples from nasal mucosa, trachea, l ...	1975	776118
[present-day characteristics of diagnosis of trachoma].		1975	798392
lysosomes and the "toxicity" of rickettsias. vi. in vivo response of mouse peritoneal phagocytes to l-cell-grown chlamydia psittaci 6bc strain.	the l-cell-grown 6bc strain of c. psittaci inoculated intraperitoneally in mice induced an injurious effect on mononuclear phagocytes and their lysosomes; the influx of polymorphonuclear phagocytes (pmn's) increased markedly and the pmn's showed karyorrhexis and lysis. cytochemical methods failed to detect chlamydial forms in peritoneal fluids from day 1 and up to 6 days after inoculation of mice. chlamydial infectivity was not detected in either the cell-bound or the cell-free fractions of peri ...	1975	1090349
neutralization of chlamydia trachomatis in cell culture.	neutralization of chlamydia trachomatis was assayed by the decrease in inclusion-forming units in baby hamster kidney cells grown in culture. five percent fresh guinea pig sera increased neutralization titers of rabbit antisera 100- to 1,000-fold but had no effect when normal rabbit sera were tested. neutralization of a type a or b trachoma isolate was strain specific. neutralization by human eye secretions and sera also was demonstrated when guinea pig sera were included in the test. all of the ...	1975	1091549
serotyping of chlamydia: isolates of bovine origin.	chlamydial isolates of bovine origin were serotyped by a plaque reduction method. of the two major serotypes observed, type 1 included isolates from bovine abortion and enteric infections, whereas type 2 isolates were associated with polyarthritis or encephalomyelitis. these two serotypes were identical to those with a similar disease distribution previously observed in isolates of ovine origin. the two groups did not cross-react and they were serologically unrelated to chlamydiae of avian origi ...	1975	1091564
[experimental bedsonia infection of calves].		1975	1092055
acute undifferentiated neonatal diarrhea in beef calves. i. occurence and distribution of infectious agents.	beef calves in a 48-cow herd were studied during one calving season from birth to ten days of age to determine the presence or absence of potentially enteropathogenic bacteria, viruses, and/or chlamydia in both normal and diarrheic calves. calves were born and raised outside in large pens unless the ambient temperature was below minus 10 degrees f when calving was done inside. fecal swabs, fecal aliquots, and nasal swabs were taken from each calf at 32, 128 plus or minus 3, and 248 plus or minus ...	1975	1092438
editorial: chlamydia, trachoma, genital infection, and psittacosis.		1975	1093566
light and electron microscopic study of chlamydia trachomatis infection of the uterine cervix.	cervical biopsy specimens from two patients with infections caused by chlamydia trachomatis (tric agent) were studied by means of light and electron microscopy. intraepithelial vesicles containing c. trachomatis were present in the cervical mucosa. these intramucosal vesicles were readily recognized in paraffin sections by means of light microscopy. the developmental stages of c. trachomatis, which have previously been seen in tissue cell culture, chicken embryo, and conjunctival infections, wer ...	1975	1094072
non-specific urethritis and the tetracyclines.	the possible aetiological factors in non-gonococcal and non-specific urethritis are reviewed. the response of nsu to various courses of different tetracycline drugs is assessed. prolonged courses of treatment did not give better results than shorter courses. when reviewing the infective aetiology of non-gonococcal urethritis, it was noted that more than one organism (or potential pathogen) would be present in many cases. it is therefore surmised that there may be at times a mixed aetiology and a ...	1975	1095144
competition between chlamydia psittaci and l cells for host isoleucine pools: a limiting factor in chlamydial multiplication.	l cells (mouse fibroblasts) supported the multiplication of the obligately intracellular parasitic bacterium chlamydia psittaci (strain 6bc) when incubated in fresh growth medium (medium 199 + 5% fetal calf serum). when incubated in the medium supernatant from a 24-h-old culture of uninfected l cells (24-h used medium), uninfected cells did not divide and infected cells did not provide an adequate environment for the multiplication of c. psittaci, which persisted in a noninfectious latent state ...	1975	1095493
topical tetracycline and rifampicin therapy of endemic trachoma in tunisia.	a controlled chemotherapy trial of trachoma was carried out in a tunisian oasis among schoolchildren with active disease. we compared 1% tetracycline ointment (79 patients) or 1% rifampicin ointment (76 patients) with 5% boric acid ointment (79 patients). medications were administered twice daily, six days a week, for ten weeks. slit-lamp examinations by three ophthalmologists were made independently before treatment as well as five, 19, and 39 weeks after treatment. bacteriologic cultures were ...	1975	1096630
immunofluorescence of peritoneal phagocytes after infection of mice with l-cell-attenuated chlamydia psittaci 6bc.	large amounts of particulate antigen of chlamydia psittaci 6bc attenuated by growth in l cells were phagocytized by peritoneal mononuclear phagocytes during the 1st h after intraperitoneal inoculation. the phagocytes subsequently destroyed the immunofluorescent (if) properties of the chlamydial antigens. it is suggested that the early damage of phagocytes by lysosomal enzymes activation induced by chlamydiae contributed to the relatively early disappearance of if antigens from the peritoneal flu ...	1975	1097065
new knowledge of chlamydiae and the diseases they cause.	the trachoma and lgv organisms, the human pathogens of the species c. trachomatis, cause oculogenital infections and disease syndromes of the eye and genital tract. the incidence of the most prominent disease, endemic trachoma with eye-to-eye transmission, is decreasing all over the world. at the same time there is increasing recognition of high-frequency venereal infections with trachoma organisms and of the genital disease and occasional ocular disease that they cause. laboratory techniques fo ...	1975	1097546
simplified microimmunofluorescence test with trachoma-lymphogranuloma venereum (chlamydia trachomatis) antigens for use as a screening test for antibody.	a simplified microimmunofluorescence test with trachoma-lymphogranuloma venereum (chlamydia trachomatis) antigens has been devised as a screening test for antibody in human sera. the test differs from our standard procedure by amalgamating 15 different immunotypes into nine antigen pools, by using only three serum dilutions, and by dropping use of duplicate slides. the screening test could be performed on at least six times as many sera as the standard test for a given unit of effort. it was sho ...	1975	1100657
fluorescent antibody studies in chlamydial infections.	irradiated mccoy cells infected with genital strains of chlamydia trachomatis were grown in wells on slides coated with polytetrafluoroethylene. the inclusions produced in this system formed the antigen in an indirect immunofluorescence test, which detected group-specific chlamydial antibodies in sera from patients attending veneral disease clinics. chlamydial antibodies were found more frequently and in higher titer in sera from women attending veneral disease clinics then in sera from a less p ...	1975	1100663
microbial flora of the lower genital tract during pregnancy: relationship to morbidity.	nineteen genera and groups of micro-organisms were isolated from the lower genital tract of 280 women at their first antenatal visit. chlamydia, viruses, and t-strain mycoplasmas were not sought, and only routine methods of anaerobic culture were used. growth was recorded as scanty, moderate or heavy. the population studied was grouped according to age, parity, gestational stage at booking, presence and degree of severity of lower genital tract morbidity, past history of vulvovaginitis, and susp ...	1975	1100681
identification of the elementary bodies of chlamydia trachomatis in the electron microscope by an indirect immunoferritin technique.	an indirect immunoferritin (iif) technique is described for recognizing the elementary bodies (eb) of chlamydia trachomatis in unsectioned preparations. both the eb of a genital strain of c. trachomatis grown in irradiated mccoy cells and eb in clinical specimens obtained from patients attending a venereal disease clinic were identified by the iif test in the electron microscope. cell culture-grown eb were detected by ferritin staining for up to 4 weeks after the organisms had lost their infecti ...	1975	1102559
the occurrence and pathology of chlamydiosis in domestic and laboratory animals: a review.	the literature on the various disease syndromes caused by chlamydia in domestic and laboratory animals is summarized. a review of the pathological lesions which characterize these diseases is presented and the pathogenesis of chlamydiosis is briefly discussed. some aspects of unpublished findings on the occurrence of intestinal, kidney and genital lesions in natural and experimental cases of chlamydiosis in cattle and sheep, abortions and conjunctivitis in horses in south africa are recorded.	1975	1105281
[investigations on the application antigens for cft to the diagnosis of infections in cattle and sheep caused by chlamydia germs].	studies were carried out to evaluate and choose the best methods to produce chlamydial antigens for cft. the antigens were prepared by the following 4 methods: beer's method using placentas of ewes infected with chlamydia: from infected chicken embryos by means of an original own method and by the method of gyulai at al. (as modified by the author); by the author's method using bull testicles infected with orchitis granulomatosa. chlamydial antigens obtained in these experiments were active in c ...	1975	16296028
[abortifacient agents in the sow].	abortion in sows may be complete, or much more often partial, since the average litter size is about 10. this review describes the clinical and serological findings, mode of transmission and recommended treatment for the most common parasitic, fungal, mycotoxin, deficient, and toxic causes of abortion in sows. the most likely possibilities in france are brucellosis, leptospirosis, aujeszky virus, mycotoxin, or dietary deficiencies. the bacterialtion in french sows are brucella species, leptospi ...	1975	12308261
lymphogranuloma venereum.		1976	1107239
observations of the surface projections of infectious small cell of chlamydia psittaci in thin sections.		1976	799722
[chlamydia].		1976	776757
some diseases of domestic rabbits encountered in the western cape.	the most common disease conditions encountered in domestic rabbits under intensive conditions in the western cape are discussed. chlamydiosis is of paramount importance; it might be the limiting factor in the developing rabbit industry.	1976	781238
genital chlamydial infections.	the isolation of chlamydial trachomatis in sera of patients with gon ococcal urethritis (gu), non-gonococcal urethritis (ngu), post-gonococca l urethritis (pgu) and trachomainclusion conjunctivitis (tric) is discussed. chlamydiae were isolated in 40% of men with ngu, 20-30% with gu and 0-7% of men with symptomatic or microscopic evidence of urethritis. the rates of isolation of chlamydiae in ngu patients were significantly higher than in controls (p less than .001). the sexual tr ansmitabilit ...	1976	775980
[the lymphocyte transformation test with the bedsonian antigen (bedsonian ltt) in old and recent fiessinger-leroy-reiter syndromes and in ankylsoing spondylarthritis. additional study].	the lymphoblastic transformation test in the presence of bedsonian antigen was positive in 72 per cent of the cases confirmed fiessinger-leroy-reiter syndrome, while it was negative in all the controls. this test remains positive over a long period since it was found to be positive in 69.75 per cent of old cases of flr syndrome diagnosed 13-17 years previously. in cases of post-reiter ankylosing spondylarthritis (asp), the bedonian ltt was positive with equal frequency as in cases of flr syndrom ...	1976	781787
the incidence and aetiology of respiratory tract infections in general practice--with emphasis on mycoplasma pneumoniae.	the incidence of respiratory tract infections in patients seeking medical advice at a community care centre (dalby) during 1973 and 1974 was studied. about every third patient seen at this primary health station presented with signs of such infections. in the age groups less than 10, 10-19, 20-39, 40-59 and greater than or equal to 60 years, respiratory tract infections accounted for 65, 45, 32, 18 and 9% of the fotal number of diagnoses made during 1974. the aetiology of acute respiratory tract ...	1976	783048
simplified serological test for antibodies to chlamydia trachomatis.	three-hundred sixty sera from unselected patients attending two london venereal disease clinics were examined by a microimmunofluorescence test. eleven egg-grown serotypes of chlamydia trachomatis and the so-called "fast" strain sa2(f) were used as antigens. of the 360 sera tested, 119 (33%) reacted to a titer of 1:16 or above with at least one antigen. of these positive sera, over 50% cross-reacted with all 12 serotypes, and 95.5% reacted with sa2(f) in addition to other antigenic types. it is ...	1976	783191
inclusion blennorrhea: a case report.	the case described here represents the first laboratory-confirmed case of inclusion blennorrhea at the mayo clinic since laboratory isolation of chlamydia trachomatis was instituted in 1974. treatment with a sulfonamide preparation proved effective. further aspects of the diagnosis and treatment of inclusion blennorrhea are discussed.	1976	785121
[comparative detection of fluorescent and complement-fixing antibodies in ovine enzootic abortion].		1976	785796
non-specific urethritis. a placebo-controlled trial of minocycline in conjunction with laboratory investigations.	the results of a double-blind therapeutic trial on 81 men suffering from non-specific urethritis (nsu) show that minocycline was more effective than a placebo. before treatment chlamydia trachomatis was isolated from 31 per cent. of the men, ureaplasmas from 58 per cent., and mycoplasma hominis from 7-5 per cent. there is evidence that chlamydiae are a cause of urethritis. however, after minocycline therapy improvement in the clinical response of patients from whom only ureaplasmas were isolated ...	1976	786440
[chlamydia in human and animal pathology].		1976	787728
[contemporary konwledge on chlamydias (author's transl)].		1976	788930
hemolysis-in-gel test for demonstration of chlamydia antibodies.	sheep erythrocytes were coated with antigens of a strain of chlamydia trachomatis serotype d. chlamydial antibodies in sera from patients with salpingitis or pneumonia were demonstrated by passive hemolysis in agarose gel.	1976	791967
pathological and microbiological observations made on spontaneous cases of acute neonatal calf diarrhea.	the purpose of this report is to describe clinical signs, gross and microscopic lesions, bacteriological and immunofluorescence observations made on spontaneous cases of acute neonatal calf diarrhea (ncd) in dairy and beef herds. the following diagnostic tools were used: 1) direct smears of intestinal content, 2) escherichia coli counts, 3) aerobic bacterial cultures of the small intestine and other organs (the o serogroup and the enterotoxigenicity of the e. coli isolated was determined), 4) de ...	1976	793692
[chlamydial infections of man and animals].		1976	795159
[indication of halprowia (chlamydia) antigens by the direct immunoperoxidase method].	the authors modified and approbated the direct immunoperoxidase method for the indication in the infected l cells of the halprowia (chlamydia) antigens--etiological agents of trachoma, ocular and urogenital forms of paratrachoma, arthritis, meningopneumonia and enzootic abortion of sheep. different types of localization of the group-specific halprowia antigen were revealed in the cytoplasm of the affected cells by light microscopy; electron microscopy demonstrated localization of this antigen in ...	1976	797192
the human placenta as a possible reservoir of chlamydial infection in northern canada.		1976	1260630
ovine chlamydial abortion in alberta.		1976	1260643
urethritis associated with chlamydia: clinical and laboratory diagnosis.		1976	1272211
urogenital infection and seminal excretion after inoculation of bulls and rams with chlamydiae.	five mature rams and 4 bulls were inoculated parenterally with bovine or ovine chlamydial strains of type 1 and 2. one to 3 days later, all animals developed a chlamydemia lasting 4 to 8 days. chlamydial agents were isolated from the semen near the end of the chlamydemic phase. all rams and 3 of 4 inoculated bulls excreted chlamydiae in the semen for 22 to 29 days. from 8 to 39 days after inoculation, selected rams or bulls were killed to test for chlamydial infection in the urogenital tract and ...	1976	1275335
severe endemic trachoma in tunisia.	in two villages in southern tunisia where trachoma was endemic 7 per cent and 14 per cent of adults respectively had visual acuity of 20/400 or less. in both villages active trachoma affected most children under the age of two, reached a peak in two- to five-year-olds, then declined to age 15. the chronic inflammatory disease in childhood appeared to produce irreversible scarring of the eyelids, and loss of vision occurred in adult life due to corneal scarring caused by inturned eye lashes and l ...	1976	1276112
experimental host immune response in respiratory chlamydiosis.		1976	1277086
an assessment of the extent of blindness in machakos district.		1976	1278077
chlamydial infection of the male urethra.	urethral specimens from 477 men were collected with endourethral swabs and examined for chlamydia trachomatis by cell culture on mccoy cells pretreated with idoxuridine. of these men, 141 had gonococcal urethritis, 262 non-gonococcal urethritis (ngu), and 74 showed no evidence of urethritis. of 118 men with heterosexually acquired gonococcal urethritis, thirty (25 per cent.), and of 23 men with homosexually acquired gonococcal urethritis, five (22 per cent.), yielded c. trachomatis from the uret ...	1976	816416
the lack of effect of ampicillin plus probenecid given for genital infections with neisseria gonorrhoeae on associated infections with chlamydia trachomatis.	forty-six men were successfully treated with a single oral dose of ampicillin (2 g) plus probenecid (1 g) for urethral infections with neisseria gonorrhoeae. chlamydia trachomatis was isolated from cultures of cells obtained from 11 of these men both before and after treatment; c. trachomatis was isolated from one man before but not after treatment and from three men after but not before treatment. no isolates were obtained from the remaining 31 men either before or after treatment. of the 15 pa ...	1976	816978
ophthalmia neonatorum: a chart review.	cases of ophthalmia neonatorum diagnosed at grady memorial hospital 1967-1973 were reviewed. of 302 cases 43 could be diagnosed as gonococcal, 86 chlamydial, 3 gonococcal and chlamydial, 31 staphylococcal, and 5 chemical. silver nitrate prophylaxis was routinely employed. gonococcal cases peaked during the third quarter of the year and chlamydial during the fourth quarter. gonococcal cases were associated with a longer duration of ruptured fetal membranes. definitive etiologic diagnosis could no ...	1976	819900
the owl monkey (aotus trivirgatus) as an animal model in trachoma research.	the owl monkey, aotus trivirgatus, in contrast to other species of nonhuman primates, was shown to be susceptable to infection with strains of chlamydia trachomatis. it responded to experimental infection with a severe, acute, inflammatory reaction of short duration. monkeys which recovered from infection were resistant to reinfection for more than 6 months and resistance was not strain specific. eye secretion antibody titers correlated well with resistance to subsequent challenge. these studies ...	1976	828229
a method for testing the antibiotic susceptibility of chlamydia trachomatis in a cell culture system.		1976	931835