Genital Infection in Association with TRIC Virus Infection of the Eye--III: III. CLINICAL AND OTHER FINDINGS PRELIMINARY REPORT

Abstract

The aim of this part of the study was to investi- gate infection of the genito-urinary tract by TRIC virus and to determine what changes the infection produces. MaterialTwo groups of patients were studied.(I) The parents of five babies (Families D, E, I, C, H) who had developed neonatal TRIC virus con- junctivitis.(2) Eight adults (F, K, M, 0, J, L, G, P) who had developed TRIC virus infection of the con- junctiva of various types, and four of their consorts.Race.-One mother and baby (E) were Pakistanis (the husband was not examined), one family (I) were Carib- beans-all the remaining patients were white (Mr H was Maltese).Method It was essential both to detect infection by TRIC virus and, at the same time, to recognize the presence of other forms of genital infection.A detailed history was taken.In male cases, the urethra was examined after the patient had refrained from passing urine either overnight or for a period of hours.Urethral scrapings, taken with a platinum loop, were examined microscopically as Gram-stained smears and as wet films.Material was taken from the urethra for culture using Stuart's swabs which were placed in trans- port medium (Stuart, Toshach, and Patsula, 1954) and in Feinberg-Whittington trichomonas culture medium (Feinberg and Whittington, 1957).If there was no obvious urethral discharge, the centrifuged deposit of the first part of the voided urine was also examined microscopically, as were wet films of the prostato-vesicular secretion.