[Characteristics of the clinical course of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis]

Abstract

Clinical picture of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis was studied in 232 patients. The patients were divided into 3 groups. Group I included 147 patients with a monoinfection: Group 2 consisted of 70 epidemic keratoconjunctivitis patients after surgery for cataracts and glaucoma; Group 3 included 15 patients with epidemic keratoconjunctivitis and ophthalmic herpes. Some differences in the relative incidence of clinical signs and in the course of the condition were detected in the patients after surgery. Clinical course of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis paralleled by ophthalmic herpes was not characterized by a clear-cut staged pattern. Adenoviral ophthalmic infection coursed less severely than usual.