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Abstract #90554 Published in IGR 21-3

Comparison of Intraocular Antibody Measurement, Quantitative Pathogen PCR, and Metagenomic Deep Sequencing of Aqueous Humor in Secondary Glaucoma Associated with Anterior Segment Uveitis

Wang L; Wang Z; Ma J; Li Q; Chen X; Chen Y; Sun X
Ocular Immunology and Inflammation 2020; 0: 1-7


PURPOSE: To identify viral pathogens in patients with secondary glaucoma associated with anterior segment uveitis and compare metagenomic deep sequencing (MDS) with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) combined with Witmer-Desmonts coefficient (WDC) evaluation and real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) on investigating pathogens in aqueous humor. METHODS: Aqueous humor from 31 patients, including 22 Posner-Schlossman Syndrome and 9 other anterior uveitis, was assessed pathogens by ELISA combined with WDC evaluation, virus deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) detection by real-time qPCR and MDS. RESULTS: Viral pathogens (HCMV or VZV or RV) were detected in 19 out of 31 eyes (61.3%) by real-time qPCR or WDC evaluation. MDS revealed the presence of HCMV DNA sequences in three PSS patients. CONCLUSION: Virus is an important pathogen in secondary glaucoma associated with anterior segment uveitis. MDS is a potential etiologic diagnosis tool to seek intraocular viral pathogens for secondary glaucoma associated anterior segment uveitis.

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Classification:

9.4.6 Glaucomas associated with inflammation, uveitis (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders)
2.6.3 Compostion (Part of: 2 Anatomical structures in glaucoma > 2.6 Aqueous humor dynamics)
3.7 Biochemistry (Part of: 3 Laboratory methods)
3.5 Molecular biology incl. SiRNA (Part of: 3 Laboratory methods)



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