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Infective conjunctivitis

MedGen UID:
105421
Concept ID:
C0497209
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Infectious Conjunctivitis
SNOMED CT: Infective conjunctivitis (299699004)

Definition

An infectious process affecting the conjunctiva. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Jefferis J, Perera R, Everitt H, van Weert H, Rietveld R, Glasziou P, Rose P
Br J Gen Pract 2011 Sep;61(590):e542-8. doi: 10.3399/bjgp11X593811. PMID: 22152728Free PMC Article
Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
Drug Ther Bull 2011 Jul;49(7):78-81. Epub 2011 Jul 6 doi: 10.1136/dtb.2011.02.0043. PMID: 21733975
Visscher KL, Hutnik CM, Thomas M
Can Fam Physician 2009 Nov;55(11):1071-5. PMID: 19910590Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Honkila M, Koskela U, Kontiokari T, Mattila ML, Kristo A, Valtonen R, Sarlin S, Paalanne N, Ikäheimo I, Pokka T, Uhari M, Renko M, Tapiainen T
JAMA Netw Open 2022 Oct 3;5(10):e2234459. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.34459. PMID: 36194412Free PMC Article
Cherry MD, Tapley A, Quain D, Holliday EG, Ball J, Davey A, van Driel ML, Fielding A, Spike N, FitzGerald K, Magin P
J Prim Health Care 2021 Mar;13(1):5-14. doi: 10.1071/HC20040. PMID: 33785106
Luk S, Stroman L, Kang S, Natkunarajah M, Duguid G
Semin Ophthalmol 2017;32(5):559-563. Epub 2016 Jun 21 doi: 10.3109/08820538.2015.1131834. PMID: 27328027
Timlin H, Butler L, Wright M
Eye (Lond) 2015 May;29(5):619-24. Epub 2015 Feb 20 doi: 10.1038/eye.2015.9. PMID: 25697458Free PMC Article
Jefferis J, Perera R, Everitt H, van Weert H, Rietveld R, Glasziou P, Rose P
Br J Gen Pract 2011 Sep;61(590):e542-8. doi: 10.3399/bjgp11X593811. PMID: 22152728Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Cherry MD, Tapley A, Quain D, Holliday EG, Ball J, Davey A, van Driel ML, Fielding A, Spike N, FitzGerald K, Magin P
J Prim Health Care 2021 Mar;13(1):5-14. doi: 10.1071/HC20040. PMID: 33785106
Luk S, Stroman L, Kang S, Natkunarajah M, Duguid G
Semin Ophthalmol 2017;32(5):559-563. Epub 2016 Jun 21 doi: 10.3109/08820538.2015.1131834. PMID: 27328027
Visscher KL, Hutnik CM, Thomas M
Can Fam Physician 2009 Nov;55(11):1071-5. PMID: 19910590Free PMC Article
Oliver GF, Wilson GA, Everts RJ
N Z Med J 2009 Jul 3;122(1298):69-75. PMID: 19680306
Rose P
Expert Opin Pharmacother 2007 Aug;8(12):1903-21. doi: 10.1517/14656566.8.12.1903. PMID: 17696792

Therapy

Honkila M, Koskela U, Kontiokari T, Mattila ML, Kristo A, Valtonen R, Sarlin S, Paalanne N, Ikäheimo I, Pokka T, Uhari M, Renko M, Tapiainen T
JAMA Netw Open 2022 Oct 3;5(10):e2234459. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.34459. PMID: 36194412Free PMC Article
Charles RC, Lim HK, Charles WN
J Prim Health Care 2021 Jun;13(2):121-123. doi: 10.1071/HC21042. PMID: 34620293
Jefferis J, Perera R, Everitt H, van Weert H, Rietveld R, Glasziou P, Rose P
Br J Gen Pract 2011 Sep;61(590):e542-8. doi: 10.3399/bjgp11X593811. PMID: 22152728Free PMC Article
Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
Drug Ther Bull 2011 Jul;49(7):78-81. Epub 2011 Jul 6 doi: 10.1136/dtb.2011.02.0043. PMID: 21733975
Oliver GF, Wilson GA, Everts RJ
N Z Med J 2009 Jul 3;122(1298):69-75. PMID: 19680306

Prognosis

Vassallo J, Vella M, Cassar R, Caruana P
Eye (Lond) 2016 Apr;30(4):632-4. Epub 2016 Jan 8 doi: 10.1038/eye.2015.260. PMID: 26742869Free PMC Article
Sthapit PR, Tuladhar NR, Marasini S, Khoju U, Thapa G
Kathmandu Univ Med J (KUMJ) 2011 Apr-Jun;9(34):69-72. doi: 10.3126/kumj.v9i2.6292. PMID: 22610873
Oliver GF, Wilson GA, Everts RJ
N Z Med J 2009 Jul 3;122(1298):69-75. PMID: 19680306
Coote MA
Aust Fam Physician 2002 Mar;31(3):225-31. PMID: 11926153
Sheldrick JH, Vernon SA, Wilson A, Read SJ
BMJ 1992 Oct 17;305(6859):933-6. doi: 10.1136/bmj.305.6859.933. PMID: 1458075Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Luk S, Stroman L, Kang S, Natkunarajah M, Duguid G
Semin Ophthalmol 2017;32(5):559-563. Epub 2016 Jun 21 doi: 10.3109/08820538.2015.1131834. PMID: 27328027
Davis H, Mant D, Scott C, Lasserson D, Rose PW
Br J Gen Pract 2009 Dec;59(569):897-900. doi: 10.3399/bjgp09X473132. PMID: 20875257Free PMC Article
Oliver GF, Wilson GA, Everts RJ
N Z Med J 2009 Jul 3;122(1298):69-75. PMID: 19680306
Ntim-Amponsah CT, Ofosu-Amaah S
J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 2007 Sep-Oct;44(5):294-7. doi: 10.3928/01913913-20070901-04. PMID: 17913172
Kamali A, Whitworth JA, Ruberantwari A, Mulwanyi F, Acakara M, Dolin P, Johnson G
Ophthalmic Epidemiol 1999 Mar;6(1):41-8. doi: 10.1076/opep.6.1.41.1572. PMID: 10384683

Recent systematic reviews

Honkila M, Koskela U, Kontiokari T, Mattila ML, Kristo A, Valtonen R, Sarlin S, Paalanne N, Ikäheimo I, Pokka T, Uhari M, Renko M, Tapiainen T
JAMA Netw Open 2022 Oct 3;5(10):e2234459. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.34459. PMID: 36194412Free PMC Article
Rose P
Expert Opin Pharmacother 2007 Aug;8(12):1903-21. doi: 10.1517/14656566.8.12.1903. PMID: 17696792

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