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An eye with bacterial conjunctivitis. Bacteria are responsible for approximately 70% of conjunctivitis in children and less than 20% of cases in adults. [7] Common bacteria responsible for bacterial conjunctivitis are Staphylococcus including Staph aureus, Streptococcus such as strep pneumoniae, [11] Haemophilus species and Moraxella ...
Brenner et al., 1988. Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius (Hae) is a causative agent of acute and often purulent conjunctivitis, more commonly known as pink eye. It was discovered independently by Koch and Weeks in the 1880s. During the mid-1980s to early 1990s, a highly virulent clonal group of Haemophilus aegyptius, localized in and ...
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M. lacunata. Binomial name. Moraxella lacunata. (Eyre 1900) Lwoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980) Moraxella lacunata is a rod-shaped, [1] Gram-negative, nonmotile bacterium, generally present as diploid pairs. [2] It causes one of the commonest forms of catarrhal conjunctivitis. [3]
Neonatal conjunctivitis is a form of conjunctivitis (inflammation of the outer eye) which affects newborn babies following birth. It is typically due to neonatal bacterial infection, although it can also be non-infectious (e.g. chemical exposure). [1] Infectious neonatal conjunctivitis is typically contracted during vaginal delivery from ...
Description. Chlamydia trachomatis is a gram-negative bacterium that can replicate only within a host cell. [3] Over the course of the C. trachomatis life cycle, the bacteria take on two distinct forms. Elementary bodies are 200 to 400 nanometers across, and are surrounded by a rigid cell wall that allows them to survive outside of a host cell ...
In ophthalmology, mucopurulent discharge from the eyes, and caught in the eyelashes, is a hallmark sign of bacterial conjunctivitis. The normal buildup of tears, mucus, and dirt (compare rheum) that appears at the edge of the eyelids after sleep is not mucopurulent discharge, as it does not contain pus. Vaginal discharge.
Endophthalmitis. Endophthalmitis, or endophthalmia, is inflammation of the interior cavity of the eye, usually caused by an infection. It is a possible complication of all intraocular surgeries, particularly cataract surgery, and can result in loss of vision or loss of the eye itself. [1] Infection can be caused by bacteria or fungi, and is ...