Two hundred and thirty eight patients with ocular symptoms of conjunctivitis, conjunctival xerosis, pterygium and pinguecula were selected for this clinical trial. All the patients were administered Ophthacare eye drops topically as a single medication at the dose of 2 drops every 2 hours for 15 days. Ophthacare eye drops showed excellent results in relieving symptoms of viral conjunctivitis in...

PURPOSE In contrast to wild-type mice, genetically engineered Mucin1 (Muc1) null animals display a marked propensity for development of blepharitis and conjunctivitis. Molecular approaches confirmed the presence of Muc1 mRNA and protein in the conjunctival tissue of wild-type mice and identified the bacterial species in Muc1 null symptomatic mice. METHODS Muc1 null animals housed in a convent...

Conjunctivitis is one of the most common ocular infections, with bacterial infections accounting for 50-70% of all conjunctivitis cases. We conducted a study to determine the bacteria causing conjunctivitis and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns at a large hospital and medical college in North India. Conjunctival swab specimens were obtained from 91 conjunctivitis patients attending th...

BACKGROUND Periphpral ulcerative keratitis (PUK) is a disorder consisting of a crescent-shaped destructive inflammation of the perilimbal corneal stroma. CASE We present a case of PUK following acute bacterial conjunctivitis in a 60-year-old lady with a history of on-and-off joint pain for two years. After admission to the hospital, she underwent conjunctival resection and was given topical a...