Acute conjunctivitis in childhood

Weiss, Avery H.

doi:10.1016/0045-9380(94)90022-1

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“…A study of normal conjunctival bacterial flora will enhance the understanding of eye infections and will be useful in interpreting culture results from suspected cases of bacterial neonatal eye infections with the issue of finding the most appropriate prophylactic or therapeutic medication [2,3,15,24,28]. Previous studies have shown that coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) were the most common bacteria found in newborns eyes [2,3,10,19,21,23,27].…”

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Normal ocular flora in newborns delivered in two hospital centers in Argentina and Paraguay

Eder

Fariña

Sanabria

et al. 2005

Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmo

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Normal ocular flora in newborns delivered in two hospital centers in Argentina and Paraguay

Eder

Fariña

Sanabria

et al. 2005

Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmo

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“…Roughly 20-30 % of pediatric bacterial conjunctivitis is due to Streptococcus pneumonia, although rates vary by age and vaccine status [46]. Other common etiologies include Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermis [48][49][50]. Staphylococci exotoxin leads to chronic bacterial conjunctivitis, persisting up to four weeks.…”

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“…It is characterized by bilateral conjunctivitis, high fever, pharyngitis, and preauricular lymphadenopathy [19]. EKC is caused by adenovirus serotypes 8, 19, and 37 [49,62,63] presents with acute follicular conjunctivitis, chemosis, hyperemia, watery discharge, and lymphadenopathy. In more advanced cases, subepithelial corneal infiltrates and pseudomembrane develop [29 • , 64].…”

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An Update on Neonatal and Pediatric Conjunctivitis

Andalibi

Haidara

Bor

et al. 2015

Curr Ophthalmol Rep

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Conjunctivitis is among the most common ophthalmic conditions found in neonatal and pediatric patients. It has a wide range of clinical presentations and outcomes, ranging from self-limiting hyperemia to blindness and life-threatening systemic illness. This review explores the epidemiology, etiology, and diagnosis of conjunctivitis in the neonatal and pediatric population. In addition, it explores recent trends in transmission across different populations and evidence-based approaches that clinicians may use in treating neonatal and pediatric conjunctivitis.

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“…1 Pediatric acute conjunctivitis is diagnosed by clinical signs of ocular purulent discharge or hyperemia of the bulbar conjunctiva. [2][3][4][5] The cause of this infection in pediatric patients is usually bacterial and includes Haemophilus influenzae, a fastidious gram-negative bacteria isolated in 44% to 68% of cases. 1,6 H. influenzae is also the most commonly implicated bacteria in conjunctivitis-otitis syndrome (i.e., a concomitant infection with acute otitis media) associated with 20% to 73% of cases.…”

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