Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic Of Iran
مجله پزشکی جمهوری اسلامی ایران
Med J Islam Repub Iran
Medical Sciences
http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir
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1016-1430
2251-6840
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10.18869/mjiri
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BACTERIAL CONJUNCTIVITIS IN ZAHEDAN
Biological Sciences
Biological Sciences
Original Research
Original Research
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 infection was as
follows: N. gonorrhoeae7 patients, Hemophilus aegyptius in 11 patients, M oraxella
lacunata in 6 patients, Streptococcus pneumoniae in 57 patients, E. coli in 5 patients,
Staphylococcus aureus in 5 patients, Proteus mirabilis in 5 patients, Pseudomonas
aeruginosa in 8 patients, Gardnerella vaginalis in 4 patients, and providencia
species in one patient. Bacterial agents were isolated by Gram staining and culturing.
In conclusion our results show that the most common cause of conjunctivitis is
nonbacterial, but the most common cause of bacterial conjunctivitis is S. pneumoniae.
Furthermore, our incidence of chlamydia and N. gonorrhoeae was also more than
that in the literature.
Bacterial conjunctivitis, conjunctivitis, ophthalmia neonatorum.
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HA
SHAHRIARI
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Yes
From the Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 98132-396, Zahedan, Islamic Republic of Iran.
KA
GHAVIMI
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No
MI
QURESHI
20031947532846005399
20031947532846005399
No