the objective of this study was to determine the most common type of pathogen causing conjunctivitis. out of 495 patients who referred to the zahedan eye clinic from may 22, 199 1 to october 22, 1992,296 cases were diagnosed as nonbacterial conjunctivitis. from the remaining number of cases, two patients had chlamydia and six patients had candida albicans, while the frequency of bacterial infec...

Background and Objective: In Iran, prenatal Chlamydia and gonorrhea screening of pregnant women and neonatal eye prophylaxis are not routine practice. The present research aimed to identify bacterial agents of neonatal conjunctivitis. Materials & Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted on all babies born over a period from April 2007 to April 2008 in Hajar Hospital of Shahrekor...

Conjunctivitis, also known as pink eye, is a conjunctival inflammation. It brought on by bacteria, viruses, toxins, and allergies, including coronaviruses, the most frequent reason being allergic conjunctivitis (AC), which exposure to pollutants like pollen, animal hair, or mold. The primary contributor it linkage of immunoglobulin E caused allergens receptors stimulated mast cells. As conseque...

background ocular adenoviral infections occur throughout the world in both sporadic and epidemic forms. in the present study we determined the frequency of adenoviral conjunctivitis in two referral university hospitals in tehran by cell culture and pcr method. materials and methods specimens were scraped from the lower palpebral conjunctiva of 115 patients with conjunctivitis who had referred t...

purpose: to report a patient with factitious (self infected) conjunctivitis. case report: a 16-year-old girl presented with pain, redness and edema of lids of her left eye. after exclusion of ocular pathologies, self inflicted conjunctivitis was diagnosed based on the underlying psychological and social problems of the patient. conclusion: after exclusion of ocular pathologies, self inflicted c...

BACKGROUND Human adenovirus (HAdV)-associated acute conjunctivitis is a common infectious disease and causes significant morbidity among residents in Beijing, China. However, little is known about the epidemiology and type distribution of acute adenoviral conjunctivitis in Beijing. METHODS Acute conjunctivitis surveillance was conducted in 18 hospitals in Beijing from July through October dur...

objective conjunctivitis is a common disease in neonates. several bacterial and viral infectious agents may cause it. tear circulation and blinking has protective effects from bacterial colonization in the conjuntival sac. reduced blinking increases the possibility of bacterial conjunctivitis. we studied the effect of eye patches on bacterial colonization of the conjunctival sac.  methods in 10...