Conjunctivitis, Bacterial
"Conjunctivitis, Bacterial" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Purulent infections of the conjunctiva by several species of gram-negative, gram-positive, or acid-fast organisms. Some of the more commonly found genera causing conjunctival infections are Haemophilus, Streptococcus, Neisseria, and Chlamydia.
| Descriptor ID |
D003234
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.354.225 C01.539.375.354.220 C11.187.183.220 C11.294.354.220
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| Concept/Terms |
Conjunctivitis, Bacterial- Conjunctivitis, Bacterial
- Conjunctivitides, Bacterial
- Conjunctivitis, Purulent
- Conjunctivitides, Purulent
- Purulent Conjunctivitides
- Purulent Conjunctivitis
- Conjunctivitis, Mucopurulent
- Conjunctivitides, Mucopurulent
- Mucopurulent Conjunctivitides
- Mucopurulent Conjunctivitis
- Bacterial Conjunctivitides
- Bacterial Conjunctivitis
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Conjunctivitis, Bacterial" by people in Profiles.
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Lyme disease presenting as ptosis, conjunctivitis, and photophobia. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2012 Feb; 51(2):186-7.
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Should we prescribe antibiotics for acute conjunctivitis? Am Fam Physician. 2002 Nov 01; 66(9):1649-50.
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The red eye. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 1988 Feb; 6(1):43-56.