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Frank Larkin, MB, FRCS
Bristol, England

Arch Ophthalmol. 1990;108(11):1515-1516.

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To the Editor.

—I read with interest the article by Wakefield and colleagues in the February 1990 issue of the ARCHIVES.¹ This well-conducted study found evidence of previous Yersinia infection in 12 of 28 consecutive patients with anterior uveitis.

Cafferkey, Eustace, and I² previously reported serologic evidence of this infection in 13 of 54 patients with anterior uveitis who were surveyed. Wakefield and colleagues did not refer to our work and I am writing to provide the reference for interested readers.

In serologic testing, we used tube saline agglutination tests, and not the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay method used by Wakefield and colleagues. However, the similar results emphasize that this condition may be widely undiagnosed in patients with acute anterior uveitis . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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