[Toxoplasma infection and endogenous uveitis].

The indirect fluorescent antibody technique was used to study the relationship between endogenous uveitis and toxoplasma infection. The seropositive rates of toxoplasma antibody in healthy people, farmers and patients with endogenous uveitis were 10.7%, 15.2% and 30.8% respectively. Compared with the healthy people, the infection rate in uveitic patients was significantly higher (P less than 0.01). The odds ratio of toxoplasma infection in endogenous uveitic patients was 3.72. The results suggest that toxoplasma infection is an infectious cause of endogenous uveitis.