Adult follicular conjunctivitis and neonatal ophthalmia in a Liverpool eye hospital, 1980–1984

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Abstract
In the five year period between 1980 and 1984, 2146 adults and 172 neonates suffering from acute conjunctivitis underwent laboratory investigation for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), Adenoviruses (AV), Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) and pathogenic bacteria. Epidemiology and clinical features are presented and discussed. CT was detected in 29 per cent of neonates with conjunctivitis. 5.6 per cent of adults and older children investigated for follicular conjunctivitis were CT positive. There was a significant female preponderance among CT positive neonates of 1.9:1 (pStaph aureus infection tended to present earlier in the course of disease than those with Haemophilus sp or Pneumococcus (p<0.05).