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Bacterial Conjunctivitis

Signs & Symptoms

 Purulent discharge from eye
Note: The discharge is thick and globular; it may be yellow, white, or green, Bacterial conjunctivitis,Hyperacute (purulent) bacterial conjunctivitis
Ref: Uptodate [ Conjunctivitis] Vaughan [ 203,206,213] BCSC [ 192]
Purulent thick globular discharge from eye
Note: The discharge is thick and globular; it may be yellow, white, or green, Bacterial conjunctivitis,Hyperacute (purulent) bacterial conjunctivitis
Ref: Uptodate [ Conjunctivitis] Vaughan [ 203,206,213] BCSC [ 192]
Purulent white discharge from eye
Note: The discharge is thick and globular; it may be yellow, white, or green, Bacterial conjunctivitis,Hyperacute (purulent) bacterial conjunctivitis
Ref: Uptodate [ Conjunctivitis] Vaughan [ 203,206,213] BCSC [ 192]
Purulent yellow discharge from eye
Note: The discharge is thick and globular; it may be yellow, white, or green, Bacterial conjunctivitis,Hyperacute (purulent) bacterial conjunctivitis
Ref: Uptodate [ Conjunctivitis] Vaughan [ 203,206,213] BCSC [ 192]

Physical Examination

 Brilliant red conjunctiva
Ref: Uptodate [ 203]
Tender preauricular adenopathy
Ref: Uptodate [ Conjunctivitis] Vaughan [ 202,205] BCSC [ 175]
Enlarged preauricular node
Ref: Uptodate [ Conjunctivitis] Vaughan [ 202,205] BCSC [ 175]

Lab / Serology

Imagin Study

Complication

 Conjunctival scarring
Ref: Vaughan [ 208,214] BCSC [ 195,216]
Corneal perforation
Ref: Uptodate [ Conjunctivitis] Vaughan [ 206,208] BCSC [ 194]
Trichiasis
Note: CHLAMYDIAL CONJUNCTIVITIS,Varicella-Zoster Blepharoconjunctivitis
Ref: Vaughan [ 209,221]

Risk Factors

Cause

 Apraclonidine
Note: Toxic conjunctivitis
Ref: Vaughan [ 237,238]
Brimonidine
Note: Toxic conjunctivitis
Ref: Vaughan [ 237,238]
Dipivefrin
Note: Toxic conjunctivitis
Ref: Vaughan [ 237,238]

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