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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [3]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ogheneochuko Ajari, MB.BS, MS [4], Sara Mehrsefat, M.D. [5]
Overview
Common causes of conjunctivitis include bacteria, viruses, and environmental factors.[1] Viral conjunctivitis is the most common cause of infectious conjunctivitis both overall and in the adult population. Bacterial conjunctivitis is the second most common cause and is responsible for the majority of cases in children. Allergic conjunctivitis is the most frequent cause, affecting 15% to 40% of the population. Noninfectious conjunctivitis includes keratoconjunctivitis sicca (dry eye syndrome) and superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis may cause by inflammation secondary to immune-mediated diseases or mechanical irritation.[2]
Causes
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- Adenovirus (most common)
- Herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 and 2
- Varicella zoster virus
- Picornaviruses (Coxsackievirus A24 and Enterovirus 70)
- Molluscum contagiosum
- Rubella virus
- Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)
Bacterial conjunctivitis[3]
- Gram-positive bacteria
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (common in nursing homes)
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Gram-negative bacteria
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Serratia marcescens
- Haemophilus influenzae (most common pathogen in children)
- Moraxella catarrhalis
- Chlamydia trachomatis (sexually transmitted bacteria)
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae (sexually transmitted bacteria)
- Septic
- Chlamydia trachomatis
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae
- Herpes simplex virus
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa (non–sexually transmitted bacteria)
- Staphylococcus aureus (non–sexually transmitted bacteria)
- Aseptic
- Chemical (silver nitrate solution)
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- Allergens (pollen, animal dander, dust mites, or molds)
Keratoconjunctivitis[6]
- Lacrimal gland dysfunction (Sjögren's syndrome) with reduced tear production
- Reflex hyposecretion
- Mucin deficiency
- Low blink rate
- Mechanical trauma
- Vitamin A deficiency
- Autoimmune diseases
- Unknown etiology
Irritative Conjunctivitis
- Contact lenses
- Lens solutions
- Chlorine in a swimming pool
- Smog
- Cosmetics
Causes by Organ System
Causes in Alphabetical Order
- 7th cranial nerve disorder
- Acanthamoeba
- Acetaldehyde
- Acetic acid
- Acetic anhydride
- Acetylcarbromal
- Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis
- Adenovirus
- Aesculus pollen
- Alder
- Allergic conjunctivitis
- Allergy
- Alternaria
- American feverfew
- Ammonia
- Angelucci's syndrome
- Anisole
- Arsenic
- Arsenic trioxide
- Arsenicals
- Artemether and lumefantrin
- Ash juniper tree
- Ash tree
- Aspergillus
- Aureobasidium
- Bacterial conjunctivitis
- Beech tree
- Behcet disease
- Bermuda grass
- Beryllium
- Birch tree
- Blepharitis
- Blunt injury
- Boric acid
- Box elder tree
- Box jellyfish poisoning
- Burns
- Calcium sulfate
- Canary grass
- Candida albicans
- Capeweed
- Cat scratch disease
- Caterpillar poisoning
- Cetuximab
- Chemical irritation
- Chikungunya fever
- Chlamydia
- Chlorine dioxide
- Chloroacetophenone
- Cicatricial pemphigoid
- Cladosporium
- Clomethiazole
- Cobra poisoning
- Cocklebur
- Cogan syndrome
- Common variable immunodeficiency
- Congenital chlamydia
- Congenital gonorrhea
- Conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma
- Contact lens
- Corneal abrasion
- Coxsackie virus
- Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
- Crouzon syndrome
- CS gas
- Cypress tree
- Cytarabine
- Cytosine arabinose syndrome
- Dacryocystitis
- Daisy
- Dandelion
- Desmopressin
- Dexamethasone
- Diethylene glycol monobutyl ether
- Dimethylamine
- Dipivefrin
- Doxorubicin hydrochloride
- Dust mite
- Dyskeratosis congenita
- Ectropion
- Elm tree
- Enterovirus 70
- Entropion
- Environmental pollution
- Epicoccum
- Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis
- Epirubicin hydrochloride
- Erythema multiformae
- Erythromycin
- Ether
- Ethylene oxide
- Etretinate
- Euphorbiaceae
- Facial nerve palsy
- Familial cold urticaria
- Familial hibernian fever
- Flurbiprofen
- Fluticasone (spray)
- Follicular conjunctivitis
- Foreign body
- Furfural
- Fusarium
- Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia
- Giant papillary conjunctivitis
- Gonorrhea
- Goosefoot
- Granulomatosis with polyangiitis
- Green Lynx spider poisoning
- Guayule
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
- Hay fever
- Helminth infections
- Helminthosporium
- Hemorrhage
- Hemp
- Herpes simplex
- Herpes virus 2
- Herpes zoster
- Hickory tree
- Hornbeam tree
- Horse chestnut tree
- Human enterovirus A
- Hydrogen sulfide
- Hydroquinone
- Hypersensitivity to pollen
- Job syndrome
- Johnson grass
- Kawasaki disease
- Kentucky bluegrass
- Keratoconjunctivitis sicca
- Kikuchi disease
- Kindler syndrome
- Koch-Weeks conjunctivitis
- Lacrimal canaliculitis
- Lepidopterism
- Leprosy
- Leptospirosis
- Lewisite
- Ligneous conjunctivitis
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Lyme disease
- Maple tree
- Marshelder
- Mayapple poisoning
- Measles
- Medrysone
- Melarsoprol
- Metaldehyde
- Methylene diisocyanate
- Mold allergy
- Molluscum contagiosum
- Monteroy pine tree
- Moraxella catarrhalis
- Morpholine
- Mountain cedar tree
- Mucor
- Mugwort tree
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae
- Neisseria meningiditis
- Newcastle disease
- Nitisinone
- Non-specific urethritis
- Oak tree
- Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid
- Ocular rosacea
- Olea tree
- Olive tree
- Omsk hemorrhagic fever
- Onchocerciasis
- Ophthalmia neonatorum
- Orache (Atriplex)
- Oral allergy syndrome
- Orchard grass
- Osmium
- Pasteurella multocida
- Pecan trees
- Pediculosis ciliaris
- Pemetrexed
- Penetrating trauma
- Penicillium
- Pfiesteria piscicida
- Phlyctenular keratoconjunctivitis
- Phosgene oxime
- Picornavirus
- Pigweed
- Plane tree
- Plasminogen deficiency
- Pollen
- Polychondritis
- Poplar tree
- Propylene glycol dinitrate
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Psittacosis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Pyridoxine deficiency
- Quinone
- Ragweed
- Rapeseed oil
- Rasagiline
- Reactive arthritis
- Redtop grass
- Reiter's syndrome
- Relapsing polychondritis
- Respiratory syncytial virus
- Rhizopus
- Rosacea
- Rubella
- Ryegrass
- Sabia virus
- Serratia
- Severe combined immunodeficiency
- Sicca syndrome
- Silver nitrate drops
- Sjogren's syndrome
- Smog
- Smoke
- Smut
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Stevens-Johnson syndrome
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Sulfuric acid
- Sulfuryl fluoride
- Sunflower
- Sweet's syndrome
- Tetracycline
- The clap
- Theodore's superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis
- Tilia tree
- Timothy grass
- TNF receptor associated periodic syndrome
- Toluene diisocyanate
- Toxic-shock syndrome
- Trachoma
- Trauma
- Tularemia
- Tumble weed
- Type II tyrosinemia
- Vanadium
- Velvet grass
- Vernal conjunctivitis
- Vernal keratoconjunctivitis
- Viral conjunctivitis
- Wall pellitory
- Walnut tree
- Wegener's granulomatosis
- White cedar tree
- Willow tree
- Xeroderma pigmentosum
- X-linked agammaglobulinaemia
- Xylene
References
- ↑ National Eye Institute (2015). [1] Accessed on June 23, 2016
- ↑ Azari AA, Barney NP (2013). "Conjunctivitis: a systematic review of diagnosis and treatment". JAMA. 310 (16): 1721–9. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.280318. PMC 4049531. PMID 24150468.
- ↑ name= Bacterial Conjunctivitis > Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2015). [2] Accessed on June 23, 2016
- ↑ Mallika P, Asok T, Faisal H, Aziz S, Tan A, Intan G (2008). "Neonatal conjunctivitis - a review". Malays Fam Physician. 3 (2): 77–81. PMC 4170304. PMID 25606121.
- ↑ Woods, Charles R. "Gonococcal infections in neonates and young children." Seminars in pediatric infectious diseases. Vol. 16. No. 4. WB Saunders, 2005.
- ↑ Barabino S, Dana MR (2007). "Dry eye syndromes". Chem Immunol Allergy. 92: 176–84. doi:10.1159/000099268. PMID 17264493.