Laboratory Studies in Acute Conjunctivitis

Atopic conjunctivitis

“…Eosinophils occurred statistically more often in the atopic patients than in normal controls but this difference could not be found between atopics and patients with conjunctivitis of some other etiology. This supports the earlier view that the presence of eosinophils in conjunctival scrapings is not a very reliable indication of immediate allergy (Abelson et al l983a;Friedlaender 1985;Stenson et al 1983;Thygeson & Kimura 1963;Wilhelmus et al 1986). The occurrence of mast cells in nasal smears have been found to correlate with food allergy (Kajosaari et al 198 1).…”

Atopic conjunctivitis

“…Eosinophils occurred statistically more often in the atopic patients than in normal controls but this difference could not be found between atopics and patients with conjunctivitis of some other etiology. This supports the earlier view that the presence of eosinophils in conjunctival scrapings is not a very reliable indication of immediate allergy (Abelson et al l983a;Friedlaender 1985;Stenson et al 1983;Thygeson & Kimura 1963;Wilhelmus et al 1986). The occurrence of mast cells in nasal smears have been found to correlate with food allergy (Kajosaari et al 198 1).…”

Conjunctivitis: Systematic Approach to Diagnosis and Therapy

“…Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common organism in neonatal conjunctivitis [20]. Chlamydial conjunctivitis was found in about 7.8% to 12.5% of neonates and in 3% of the general population [13,21,22]. Among pediatric patients, the common pathogens of bacterial conjunctivitis were differentiated according to age (Table 1).…”

“…Definitive prevalence of etiologic agent (s) in infectious conjunctivitis is difficult to ascertain. Several explanations include an inability to collect a specimen in all patients, inadequacy of specimen for microbiological processing, and spontaneous remission before visiting a physician [3,12,13,15]. Moreover, conjunctivitis can be divided into acute and chronic forms.…”

The Red Eye

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Atopic conjunctivitis

“…Eosinophils occurred statistically more often in the atopic patients than in normal controls but this difference could not be found between atopics and patients with conjunctivitis of some other etiology. This supports the earlier view that the presence of eosinophils in conjunctival scrapings is not a very reliable indication of immediate allergy (Abelson et al l983a;Friedlaender 1985;Stenson et al 1983;Thygeson & Kimura 1963;Wilhelmus et al 1986). The occurrence of mast cells in nasal smears have been found to correlate with food allergy (Kajosaari et al 198 1).…”

Conjunctivitis: Systematic Approach to Diagnosis and Therapy

“…Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common organism in neonatal conjunctivitis [20]. Chlamydial conjunctivitis was found in about 7.8% to 12.5% of neonates and in 3% of the general population [13,21,22]. Among pediatric patients, the common pathogens of bacterial conjunctivitis were differentiated according to age (Table 1).…”

“…Definitive prevalence of etiologic agent (s) in infectious conjunctivitis is difficult to ascertain. Several explanations include an inability to collect a specimen in all patients, inadequacy of specimen for microbiological processing, and spontaneous remission before visiting a physician [3,12,13,15]. Moreover, conjunctivitis can be divided into acute and chronic forms.…”

The Red Eye

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Atopic conjunctivitis

“…Eosinophils occurred statistically more often in the atopic patients than in normal controls but this difference could not be found between atopics and patients with conjunctivitis of some other etiology. This supports the earlier view that the presence of eosinophils in conjunctival scrapings is not a very reliable indication of immediate allergy (Abelson et al l983a;Friedlaender 1985;Stenson et al 1983;Thygeson & Kimura 1963;Wilhelmus et al 1986). The occurrence of mast cells in nasal smears have been found to correlate with food allergy (Kajosaari et al 198 1).…”

Conjunctivitis: Systematic Approach to Diagnosis and Therapy

“…Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common organism in neonatal conjunctivitis [20]. Chlamydial conjunctivitis was found in about 7.8% to 12.5% of neonates and in 3% of the general population [13,21,22]. Among pediatric patients, the common pathogens of bacterial conjunctivitis were differentiated according to age (Table 1).…”

“…Definitive prevalence of etiologic agent (s) in infectious conjunctivitis is difficult to ascertain. Several explanations include an inability to collect a specimen in all patients, inadequacy of specimen for microbiological processing, and spontaneous remission before visiting a physician [3,12,13,15]. Moreover, conjunctivitis can be divided into acute and chronic forms.…”

The Red Eye

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