Fifty seven babies with ophthalmia neonatorum had conjunctival smears examined by microscopy and bacterial culture, and by immunofluorescence, to find out which was the best method of diagnosing chlamydial conjunctivitis. The positive (33%) and negative (70%) predictive values of microscopy and culture were too low for us to accept it as an adequate method of detecting the presence of Chlamydia...

Most conjunctival disorders are self-limiting and seldom affect vision, but some may lead to blindness, if left untreated. The available treatment options have some drawbacks, which limit their use in clinical practice. Though mild or moderate cases of infectious conjunctivitis are treated with topical antimicrobials, viral conjunctivitis remains a major problem in clinical practice and the tre...

Background Acute infectious conjunctivitis is a common disorder in primary care. Despite a lack of evidence regarding the effectiveness of topical antibiotics for the treatment of acute infectious conjunctivitis, most patients presenting in primary care with the condition receive topical antibiotics. In the Netherlands, fusidic acid is most frequently prescribed. Aim To assess the effectiveness...

Ninety consecutively seen babies with eye discharge in the first three weeks of life were examined. Four babies had "sticky eyes" with no evidence of ophthalmia and had uniformly negative cultures and test results for antichlamydial antibody; these babies were excluded. Of the 86 babies with ophthalmia neonatorum, Neisseria gonorrhoeae was isolated from eight, Chlamydia trachomatis from 44, oth...

Background: Bacterial conjunctivitis is often observed in newborns as well other age groups. It has been associated with several organisms that differed their relative importance and varied response to ophthalmic antibiotics.
 Objectives: The aim of this study was investigate bacterial adult patients by determine the specific causes antibiotic resistance patterns for isolates from Sana’a c...

The red eye is one of the most common presentations to health care centres. red-eye can be divided into painless and painful. includes bacterial, viral, allergic conjunctivitis, dry eyes, episcleritis subconjunctival haemorrhage. Meanwhile, painful more challenging, as some involve ophthalmic emergencies which are acute angle-closure attack, anterior uveitis, scleritis, orbital cellulitis, seve...

BACKGROUND External ocular infection is a public health problem in Ethiopia. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of external ocular bacterial infections. METHODS A cross sectional study was conducted at the University of Gondar Hospital among patients seeking health services at the Department of Ophthalmology from January to April, 20...