Investigations performed
| Case report/series | a | b7 | c12 | d13 | e14 | f15 | g16 | h17 | i18 | j19 | k20 |
| Number of cases | 8 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Microscopy | |||||||||||
| PMNL >5 | 8 | – | – | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | 0 | 1† | – | – |
| PMNL <5 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – | – |
| Adenovirus DNA (culture/PCR) | |||||||||||
| Conjunctival swab | 8 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Urethral swab | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Subgroup | |||||||||||
| D | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| B2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serotype | |||||||||||
| 8 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 19 | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 37 | – | – | 7 | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 56 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – |
| 13/19ɫ | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11/35ɫɫ | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 19/64ɫɫɫ | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Unknown | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Concomitant STI diagnosis | 1α | 1π | 1β | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Column ‘a’ in italics corresponds to our eight cases.
Data unknown (–), polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMNL), >30 leucocytes per high powered field, almost exclusively mononuclear cells (†). Cross reaction with more than one serotype of adenovirus (ɫ).14 It was not possible to discriminate from the regions sequenced whether the adenovirus was type 11 or 35 (ɫɫ). It was not possible to discriminate from the regions sequenced whether the adenovirus was type 19 or 64 (ɫɫɫ). Rectal chlamydia and gonorrhoea (α), genital warts (π), HIV (β).
STI, sexually transmitted infection.