Epidemic viral keratoconjunctivitis diagnosis and management.
The author reports an epidemic of adeno- and enteroviral eye infections at an overseas military complex in the third quarter of 1981. A similar epidemic was reported by the Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA to also have occurred in Florida, Latin America, and North Carolina at approximately the same time. The differential diagnosis between epidemic keratoconjunctivitis, pharyngoconjunctival fever, acute hemorrhage conjunctivitis and Chlamydial infections is described. Epidemiology and management of these widely seen ocular infections are also discussed.
D000257:Adenoviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000258:Adenovirus Infections, Human / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000453:epidemiology; D004769:Enterovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005431:Florida; D006801:Humans; D007637:Keratoconjunctivitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D007843:Latin America; D009326:Naval Medicine; D009657:North Carolina; D010679:Philippines