Diagnostic impact of signs and symptoms in acute infectious conjunctivitis: systematic literature search

Can general practitioners differentiate between viral and bacterial conjunctivitis on the basis of signs and symptoms? Major ophthalmological textbooks list several signs and symptoms as being diagnostic for the cause of acute infectious conjunctivitis. The involvement of one eye, followed a few day...

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Published in:BMJ 2003-10, Vol.327 (7418), p.789-789
Main Authors: Rietveld, Remco P, van Weert, Henk C P M, ter Riet, Gerben, Bindels, Patrick J E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute Disease
Anti-Bacterial Agents - administration & dosage
Antibiotics
Bacterial conjunctivitis
Bibliographies
Biological and medical sciences
Conjunctivitis
Conjunctivitis, Bacterial - diagnosis
Conjunctivitis, Bacterial - drug therapy
Conjunctivitis, Bacterial - microbiology
Conjunctivitis, Viral - diagnosis
Conjunctivitis, Viral - drug therapy
Conjunctivitis, Viral - microbiology
Disease
Diseases of eyelid, conjunctiva and lacrimal tracts
Experimentation
Eyes & eyesight
Family Practice
Humans
Medical diagnosis
Medical sciences
Ophthalmology
Primary Care
Primary health care
Symptoms
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Summary:Can general practitioners differentiate between viral and bacterial conjunctivitis on the basis of signs and symptoms? Major ophthalmological textbooks list several signs and symptoms as being diagnostic for the cause of acute infectious conjunctivitis. The involvement of one eye, followed a few days later by the other eye, and the presence of an enlarged preauricular node are said to be signs indicating a viral cause.
ISSN:0959-8138
0959-8146
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.327.7418.789