New approaches to the detection of locally produced antiviral antibodies in the aqueous of patients with endogenous uveitis.

A local synthesis of IgG antibodies against herpes simplex virus, cytomegalovirus, varicella-zoster virus and Chlamydia trachomatis was assayed for in aqueous humor and sera from 226 patients with various clinical types of uveitis. Comparison of the ratios of specific antibodies tested for in aqueous humor and serum (C') and the evaluation of the Goldmann-Witmer coefficient (C) to each specific antibody were simultaneously studied in each case. The combination of these two methods allowed for the diagnosis of viral uveitis in 37.7% of selected uveitis patients and in 13.27% of randomized uveitis patients.