title: [Long lasting conjunctivitis: research of etiological factors].
abstract: Forty children with long-lasting or recurrent conjunctivitis were included in this etiological study. It is well known that purulent conjunctivitis is mainly bacterial, with a major source of infection from Chlamydia; recently, however, a greater percentage of viral forms, with the exception of conjunctivitis without secretion, has been reported. The authors focused their attention on the clinical symptoms and on bacteriological studies of the forms of Chlamydia and Mycoplasma conjunctivitis, highlighting their marked sensitivity to antibiotics and the clinical response and recommending the importance of an etiological study in all cases in which conjunctivitis does not resolve within a short period of time.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Discipline Pediatriche, Università di Torino.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Riva
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Perlino
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valpreda
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ricotti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Castagneri
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Balbo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Musso
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005123:Eye / Q000503:physiopathology; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification
vernacular_title: Congiuntiviti a lenta risoluzione: ricerca degli agenti etiologici.