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Ocular Infection in Children

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Ocular infections in children are related to environmental factors and exposures that are age and developmentally dependent. Thus the site of infection may vary and be tissue dependent, whether it involves the orbit, conjunctiva, cornea, or retina, all giving clues to the etiology and time of primary inoculation. Age of presentation along with the site of infection helps to determine the most likely cause and location. Primarily, infectious ocular diseases in children can be divided in four broad categories. These include intrauterine and perinatal infections, ophthalmia neonatorum, conjunctivitis, and orbital and adnexal infections. Intrauterine and perinatal infections covered in this chapter include the TORCHES (toxoplasmosis; rubella; cytomegalovirus (CMV); herpes viruses, including Epstein-Barr; syphilis) and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus. The section on ophthalmia neonatorum will primarily cover Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis. Viral and bacterial conjunctivitis will be discussed. Finally how to differentiate between preseptal and orbital cellulitis including treatments will be emphasized.

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Strominger, M.B. (2016). Ocular Infection in Children. In: Laver, N., Specht, C. (eds) The Infected Eye. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42840-6_8

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