Conjunctivitis-Otitis Syndrome

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Purulent conjunctivitis associated with otitis media was studied in 124 patients in a private practice over a period of 1 yr. Of the 132 patients seen with purulent conjunctivitis, 96 (73%) concurrently had otitis media. In 28 (47%) of 60 families with more than 1 child, siblings of the index cases had either purulent conjunctivitis or otitis media, or both, simultaneously or within 1 mo. During the study period, conjunctival cultures were obtained from 75 patients with purulent conjunctivitis-otitis media and patients with purulent conjunctivitis whose siblings had purulent conjunctivitis-otitis media or otitis media. Haemophilus influenzae was isolated from 55 (73%). Of the patients 31 had nasal cultures done simultaneously with conjunctival cultures. An identical pathogen was isolated from 27 (87%) patients.

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