Acute conjunctIvitIS is the most common eye infection encountered in clinical practice. The use of topical chloramphenicol! gentamicin in the empirical treatment of this condition is widely practised. The use of chloramphenical in conjunctivitis cases has been recommended!. There is no published data on the types of bacteria causing acute conjuncnvltls In Malaysia. The results of studies done e...

The objective of this study was to determine the most common type of pathogen causing conjunctivitis. Out of 495 patients who referred to the Zahedan Eye Clinic from May 22, 199 1 to October 22, 1992,296 cases were diagnosed as nonbacterial conjunctivitis. From the remaining number of cases, two patients had chlamydia and six patients had Candida albicans, while the frequency of bacterial i...

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that a “screening” total serum bilirubin (TSB) or transcutaneous (TcB) measurement should be obtained prior to discharge in infants ≥35 weeks' gestation and used with an assessment clinical risk factors predict which are at develop severe hyperbilirubinemia (Pediatrics 2004;129:1193-8) (J Perinatol 2009;29:612-7). TcB TSB values plotted on hour spec...

BACKGROUND Punctal plugs are used for the treatment of tear-deficient type dry eye. We recently examined a case of acute conjunctivitis associated with bacterial biofilm formation on a punctal plug. CASE A 63-year-old woman diagnosed as having tear-deficient type dry eye came to our hospital with a complaint of soreness in her right eye. Punctal plugs had been inserted into this eye 5 1/2 mon...

BACKGROUND Infant massage is a natural way for caregivers to improve health, sleep patterns, and reduce colic. We aimed to investigate the effects of infant massage on neonates with jaundice who are also receiving phototherapy. METHODS Full-term neonates with jaundice, admitted for phototherapy at a regional teaching hospital, were randomly allocated to either a control group or a massage gro...

purpose: to report an unusual case of orbitocranial meningioma presenting in a neonate. methods: case report results: a 1-day-old neonate was presented with severe proptosis of the left eye. ct scan and mri showed an extensive mass with involvement of left orbit and brain. discrete calcification could be seen on ct scan. the patient did not have any signs of neurofibromatosis and family history...

Therapeutic Area: Ophthalmology Inflammatory diseases of the ocular surface, including allergic conjunctivitis (AC) Mechanism of action: Anti-inflammatory and immuno-modulator Planned indication: Treatment of signs and symptoms of allergic conjunctivitis Patent protection: License from Zalicus, Patents expire in November 2026 (without patent extension) US: patented EU: patent pending Route of a...

Minor epidemics of conjunctivitis occur throughout the world. In I97I a large-scale epidemic of acute conjunctivitis swept this part of India with alarming rapidity, affecting innumerable people from all walks of life and with all levels of personal hygiene. Nonmedical people started calling it by a nickname "Jai-Bangla". This paper concerns observations based on documented cases selected at ra...

Approximately 30% of the population suffers from an allergy, and allergic conjunctivitis affects 40-80% of allergic patients, with an increased prevalence in Western countries [1]. In lammation of the conjunctiva of the eye is often associated with rhinitis and sometimes asthma. In the pediatric age group <14 years, 46% of patients with allergic phenotype had symptoms of allergic rhino conjunct...