Conjunctivitis

Question 1

Eyes Defenses

Answer 1

Mucus in conjunctiva and in tears, lysozyme and lactoferrin in tears

Question 2

Eyes Normal Biota

Answer 2

• Staphylococcus aureus
• Staphylococcus epidermis
• Corynebacterium

Question 3

Characteristics of Conjunctivitis

Answer 3

• Eye injury
• Relatively common
• Caused by:
• Specific microorganisms
• Contact Lenses
• Eye injury
• Inoculation of eye

Question 4

Signs and Symptoms of Conjunctivitis

Answer 4

• Bacterial infections= milky discharge
• Viral infection= clear, watery exudate
• Sometimes cause by allergies
• Common name “Pink eye”

Question 5

Causative agent for Neonatal eye infections Conjunctivitis

Answer 5

• Neisseria gonorrhoeae

- Chlamydia trachomatis

Question 6

Transmissions for Neonatal eye infections Conjunctivitis

Answer 6

• Vertically from genital tract infection from mother
• Can lead to sever eye damage
• Herpes infection

Question 7

Causative agents for Bacterial Conjunctivitis

Answer 7

• Staphylococcus epidermidis
• Streptococcus pyogenes
• Streptococcus pneumoniae
• Haemophilus influenza
• Moraxella
• N. gonorrhoeae and C. trachomatis

Question 8

Transmission for Bacterial and Viral Conjunctivitis

Answer 8

Direct and Indirect contact

Question 9

Culture/Diagnose for Bacterial and Viral Conjunctivitis

Answer 9

Clinical diagnosis

Question 10

Prevention for Bacterial and Viral Conjunctivitis

Answer 10

Good hygiene practice

Question 11

Epidemiological features for Bacterial Conjunctivitis

Answer 11

More common in children

Question 12

Epidemiological features for Viral Conjunctivitis

Answer 12

More common in adults