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Does This Patient With Acute Infectious Conjunctivitis Have a Bacterial Infection? With Dr Johnson

JAMAevidence The Rational Clinical Examination

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In our rational clinical exam paradigm, we need to know something about the prevalence of the disease before we factor in the symptoms and signs. Bacterial conjunctivitis is more common in younger children than it is in adults. In older children and adults, the vast majority of cases are from a viral etiology. Most of these viral cases are adenovirus.

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