Does “Genital trachoma” exist?

1.The smear tesa the scraped epithelial cells was performed on The vaginal and cervical parts of uterus and urethra of the out-patients at agynecological clinic in the rural area around Onoda where trachma is found in about 20 per cent of the population. I could not find a single typical inclusion body, although sometimes sa analogous body which looked like the inclusion body was demonstrated in or on the epithelial cells, and The meaning of such a body was discussed. 2. The histological observations with biopsy of cervical canals of 200 cases showed nonspecific characteristics of trachoma or inclusion body in epithelium. 3.The Poleff's contrast staining of trachoma body which was used by Abu-Jaubeh and Pages et al in their urogenital trachoma studies was proved unsuitable for this purpose, for with this technic granules of mast cells and of other origin can not be differentiated from the inclusion body. Therefore, we could not establish any definite evidence of feminine urogenital disease caused by Prowazek's inclusion body. This article was published in Japanese Journal of Ophth. Vol.1 p.82 (1957)