RT Book, Section
A1 Chumley, Heidi
A1 Usatine, Richard P.
A1 Green, Kelly
A2 Usatine, Richard P.
A2 Sabella, Camille
A2 Smith, Mindy Ann
A2 Mayeaux, E.J.
A2 Chumley, Heidi S.
A2 Appachi, Elumalai
SR Print(0)
ID 1114869459
T1 Conjunctivitis
T2 The Color Atlas of Pediatrics
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-176701-9
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1114869459
RD 2023/03/23
AB A  4-year-old  boy  woke  up  with  one  eye  matted  shut.  The  child’s  parents  cleared  the  matted  material  with  a  warm  washcloth  and  brought  the  child  into  the  doctor’s  office.  The  child  indicates  discomfort  but  not  pain.  The  child  and  the  parents  believe  the  child’s  vision  is  fine.  On  examination,  the  child  is  afebrile  with  conjunctival  injection,  lid  swelling  and  purulent  discharge  in  the  left  eye  (Figure  12-1).  Vision  testing  is  normal.  Based  on  the  age  of  the  child  and  the  purulence  of  the  discharge,  bacterial  conjunctivitis  was  diagnosed  and  antibiotic  drops  were  prescribed.