Molecular Diagnosis of Ocular Infections
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Viral Anterior Uveitis
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Infections of the Lacrimal System
I. Viruses Mumps, measles, influenza, Epstein-Barr virus, herpes zoster, herpes simplex II. Bacteria Staphylococci, streptococci, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium leprae, Treponema pallidum, Chlamydia trachomatis, Lymphogranuloma venereum III. Fungi Phycomycetes…
Antimicrobial Agents in Ophthalmology
1. The use of antibiotics for treatment of ocular infections should be initiated whenever a patient has an infection which is microbial in nature and the organism is susceptible to…
Infectious Conjunctivitis
Chemical Usually self-limiting; possibly irrigation with warm saline Gonococcal Hospitalization; isolation (at least 24 h after therapy is initiated) IV aqueous penicillin G 100,000 units/kg/day in four doses daily for…
Infectious Keratitis
Exogenous factors Endogenous local conditions Systemic factors Contact lens wear Lid disorders Alcoholism Topical corticosteroids 1. Lagophthalmos Allergies Topical antibiotics 2. Entropion Blood dyscrasias Trauma 3. Ectropion Collagen-vascular disease Glaucoma…
