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. 2020 Nov 25;13(1):547.
doi: 10.1186/s13104-020-05389-4.

Low prevalence of Moraxella catarrhalis in the patients who suffered from conjunctivitis in the southwest of Iran

Ahmad Farajzadeh Sheikh  1 , Mustafa Feghhi  2 , Maryam Torabipour  1 , Morteza Saki  3   4 , Hojat Veisi  5
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Low prevalence of Moraxella catarrhalis in the patients who suffered from conjunctivitis in the southwest of Iran

Ahmad Farajzadeh Sheikh et al. BMC Res Notes. .

Abstract

Objective: Moraxella catarrhalis is a non-motile Gram-negative diplococcus bacterium that contributed to several human infections including conjunctivitis. This study aimed to reveal the prevalence of M. catarrhalis in patients who suffered from conjunctivitis in Ahvaz city, southwest of Iran.

Results: Out of 100 conjunctiva swab specimens, M. catarrhalis was isolated only from one (1%) conjunctivitis cases using the culture method. This strain was isolated from a 34 years old female patient. Also, the results of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were in agreement with the culture method, and the specimen that showed positive culture was also positive for specific gene of M. catarrhalis. The remaining 99 specimens did not show positive results with any of the culture and PCR methods.

Keywords: Conjunctivitis; Iran; Moraxella catarrhalis; Ocular infection.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Lanes 1: ladder of 50 bp; lane 2: positive control, lane 3: negative control, lane 4: the amplicon of bacterial isolate, lane 5: the amplicon of conjunctival sample
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