Conjunctivitis, Bacterial
"Conjunctivitis, Bacterial" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Purulent infections of the conjunctiva by several species of gram-negative, gram-positive, or acid-fast organisms. Some of the more commonly found genera causing conjunctival infections are Haemophilus, Streptococcus, Neisseria, and Chlamydia.
MeSH Number(s)
C01.252.354.225
C01.539.375.354.220
C11.187.183.220
C11.294.354.220
Concept/Terms
Conjunctivitis, Bacterial- Conjunctivitis, Bacterial
- Conjunctivitides, Bacterial
- Conjunctivitis, Purulent
- Conjunctivitides, Purulent
- Purulent Conjunctivitides
- Purulent Conjunctivitis
- Conjunctivitis, Mucopurulent
- Conjunctivitides, Mucopurulent
- Mucopurulent Conjunctivitides
- Mucopurulent Conjunctivitis
- Bacterial Conjunctivitides
- Bacterial Conjunctivitis
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Conjunctivitis, Bacterial" by people in Profiles.
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Incidence of Bacterial and Nonbacterial Conjunctivitis in Patients With Atopic Dermatitis Treated With Dupilumab: A US Multidatabase Cohort Study. Dermatitis. 2022 Nov-Dec 01; 33(6S):S73-S82.
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Antibodies to Conserved Surface Polysaccharides Protect Mice Against Bacterial Conjunctivitis. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2018 05 01; 59(6):2512-2519.
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Clinical Age-Specific Seasonal Conjunctivitis Patterns and Their Online Detection in Twitter, Blog, Forum, and Comment Social Media Posts. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2018 02 01; 59(2):910-920.
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A child with rapidly progressive necrotizing group a streptococcal Tenon's capsule infection one day after strabismus surgery. J AAPOS. 2015 Oct; 19(5):470-3.
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Pivotal clinical trials of novel ophthalmic drugs and medical devices: retrospective observational study, 2002-2012. BMJ Open. 2015 Jun 04; 5(6):e007987.
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Unencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae from conjunctivitis encode variant traits and belong to a distinct phylogenetic cluster. Nat Commun. 2014 Nov 12; 5:5411.
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Homotrimeric macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) drives inflammatory responses in the corneal epithelium by promoting caveolin-rich platform assembly in response to infection. J Biol Chem. 2013 Mar 22; 288(12):8269-8278.
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Antibiotics versus placebo for acute bacterial conjunctivitis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Sep 12; (9):CD001211.
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Bacterial conjunctivitis in children: a current review of pathogens and treatment. Int Ophthalmol Clin. 2011; 51(4):85-92.
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Serotype coverage of invasive and mucosal pneumococcal disease in Israeli children younger than 3 years by various pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009 Apr; 28(4):277-82.