Conjunctivitis
Hirst, L.W.
Australian Family Physician 20(6): 797; 800 802-804
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-8495 PMID: 1867594 Document Number: 384994
Most cases of conjunctivitis are either viral in origin, which makes them extremely contagious and usually self-limited, or bacterial, which usually requires topical antibiotic therapy. Prolonged follicular conjunctivitis should be considered chlamydial in origin and requires systematic antibiotic therapy.