Conjunctivitis
Etiology
- Viral infection, e.g., adenovirus
- Bacterial infection, e.g., Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Haemophilus, Pseudomonas, Moraxella, Chlamydia, gonococci
- Allergic conjunctivitis
- Reactive arthritis (Reiter’s syndrome)
- Keratoconjunctivitis sicca (dry eyes)
- Chemical irritants
- Systemic disease, e.g., measles, Kawasaki disease, epidemic or scrub typhus, trichinosis
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Last updated: January 12, 2015
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Conjunctivitis." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2015. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114396/all/Conjunctivitis.
Zeiger RFR. Conjunctivitis. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114396/all/Conjunctivitis. Accessed October 7, 2024.
Zeiger, R. F. (2015). Conjunctivitis. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114396/all/Conjunctivitis
Zeiger RFR. Conjunctivitis [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. [cited 2024 October 07]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114396/all/Conjunctivitis.
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