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Managing conjunctivitis in general practice: Research into management strategies for acute infective conjunctivitis
BMJ 2006; 333 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.333.7565.446-c (Published 24 August 2006) Cite this as: BMJ 2006;333:446- Scott J Robbie, specialist registrar ophthalmology (srobbie1@hotmail.com),
- Kashif Qureshi, glaucoma research fellow,
- Shahram Kashani, specialist registrar in ophthalmology,
- Muhammad A Qureshi, consultant ophthalmologist
- Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ
- Moorfields Eye Hospital, London EC1V 2PD
- Whipps Cross University Hospital, Whipps Cross Rd, London E11 1NR
- Kings Mill Hospital, Mansfield Rd, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire NG17 4JT
EDITOR—Neither Everitt et al nor Rietveld et al seem to have consulted an ophthalmologist when designing their studies.1 2 There is little evidence base to back up the clinical features of a condition that many practitioners take for granted. Ophthalmologists, in particular, are aware that adenoviral conjunctivitis tends to follow a distinct clinical pattern: patients often complain of watering and “grittiness” (initially in one eye before involvement of the other), …
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