Conjunctivitis is a commonly encountered condition in ophthalmology clinics throughout the
world. In the management of suspected cases of conjunctivitis, alarming signs for more …

Acute bacterial conjunctivitis is the eye disease most commonly seen by general
practitioners, and is estimated to represent approximately 1% of all consultations in primary …

Background The aim of this study was to estimate both the direct and indirect annual costs of
treating bacterial conjunctivitis (BC) in the United States. This was a cost of illness study …

Importance Acute infectious conjunctivitis is characterized by ocular redness and discharge,
and is a common clinical entity. Evidence-based tools to aid the clinical diagnosis of viral vs …

Objective To find an efficient set of diagnostic indicators that are optimally informative in the
diagnosis of a bacterial origin of acute infectious conjunctivitis. Design Cohort study …

Background One in eight schoolchildren have an episode of acute infective conjunctivitis
every year. Standard clinical practice is to prescribe a topical antibiotic, although the …

Objective: Acute conjunctivitis is an extremely common condition and can be associated with
significant morbidity and economic burden. Despite this, considerable controversy exists …

Purpose Antibiotics are seldom necessary to treat acute conjunctivitis. We assessed how
frequently patients with newly diagnosed acute conjunctivitis fill prescriptions for topical …

Objective To assess different management strategies for acute infective conjunctivitis.
Design Open, factorial, randomised controlled trial. Setting 30 general practices in southern …

In acute infectious conjunctivitis the general practitioner has to distinguish a bacterial cause
from a viral one to select the patients who are most likely to benefit from antibiotic treatment …