Acute Viral Conjunctivitis Author: Stephen Orlin, MD
Module updated - 2008-04-08
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Prevention
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Non-drug Therapy
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Clinical Information
Guideline
   American Academy of Ophthalmology
 Preferred practice pattern: Conjunctivitis
Article
   British Medical Journal
 Predicting bacterial cause in infectious conjunctivitis: cohort study on informativeness of combinations of signs and symptoms
 A randomised controlled trial of management strategies for acute infective conjunctivitis in general practice
   Journal of the American Medical Association
 Multistate outbreak of Fusarium keratitis associated with use of a contact lens solution
   Lancet
 Chloramphenicol treatment for acute infective conjunctivitis in children in primary care: a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial
   New England Journal of Medicine
 An outbreak of conjunctivitis due to atypical Streptococcus pneumoniae
Review
   British Medical Journal
 Diagnostic impact of signs and symptoms in acute infectious conjunctivitis: systematic literature search
   Clinical Evidence
 Bacterial conjunctivitis
Commentary
   ACP Journal Club
      Conjunctivitis
 2001 - Review: Antibiotics modestly increase remission rates in acute bacterial conjunctivitis

Educational Resources
Educational Syllabus
   MKSAP 12
 The Red Eye

Patient Information
Web
 American Medical Association: Conjunctivitis
 The Cleveland Clinic Health Information Center: Conjunctivitis
FAQs | Patient Information
Robert Sambursky, MD, editorial consultant, Chief Medical Officer for Rapid Pathogen Screening, Inc.;served as consultant for Rapid Pathogen Screening, Inc.;received an honoraria for Rapid Pathogen Screening, Inc.;serves as consultant for Rapid Pathogen Screening, Inc; owns stock options in Rapid Pathogen Screening, Inc.;served as board member or director for Rapid Pathogen Screening, Inc.;received grants and has grants pending from Rapid Pathogen Screening, Inc.;and has received patents and has patents pending for Rapid Pathogen Screening, Inc. Stephen Orlin, MD has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations.
Darren B. Taichman, MD, PhD, Editor, PIER, has received grant support from Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd , and honoraria for continuing medical education grand rounds and lectures given.


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