ArticleCurrent infectious disease reports2011
Conjunctivitis: systematic approach to diagnosis and therapy.
Article in Current infectious disease reports, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles of Bacterial Conjunctivitis Isolates from a Secondary Hospital in Shanghai: A 5-Year Retrospective Study (2020-2024).Infection and drug resistance · 2025Article
- Scanning Electron Microscopy of Conjunctival Scraping: Our Experience in the Diagnosis of Infectious Keratitis with Negative Culture Tests.Reports (MDPI) · 2023Article
- Culture Positive Cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum in a Tertiary Care Centre of Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study.JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association · 2021Article
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- Ophthalmia neonatorum treatment and prophylaxis: IPOSC global study.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2016Article
- [Neonatal conjunctivitis in the district of Glidji in Southern Togo: a cross sectional study about 159 new-borns].The Pan African medical journal · 2016Article
- Treatment and prevention of ophthalmia neonatorum.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2013Article
- The development of a multiplex real-time PCR for the detection of herpes simplex virus 1 and 2, varizella zoster virus, adenovirus and Chlamydia trachomatis from eye swabs.Journal of virological methods · 2013Article
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Abstract
Conjunctivitis is a common problem in primary health care. Inflammation of the conjunctiva may result from infection or noninfectious causes. Microbial conjunctivitis may be caused by bacteria, viruses, or parasites. Although usually a benign, self-limited disease in healthy individuals, serious complications (eg, keratitis) may be sight-threatening. Accurate diagnosis and specific treatment of conjunctivitis remain challenging. History taking and physical examination are occasionally insufficient for correct diagnosis, thus laboratory testing may play a vital role in identification of specific pathogen(s). However, diagnostic testing has several limitations, including time-consuming methods, increased cost, and requirement for expertise in performance and interpretation. Treatment with empirical topical antibiotics for suspected infectious conjunctivitis is controversial. Although antibiotic treatment can diminish risk of adverse events and shorten the course of disease, drug resistance, toxicity, and expense are important considerations in management of acute infectious conjunctivitis.
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