Also known as "the cold of the eyes," epidemic keratoconjunctivitis is a disease that sees a sharp increase in patients during the summer vacation season. As the name "epidemic" suggests, it can occur ...

Bacterial conjunctivitis is an inflammation of the mucus membrane covering the front of the eye. Lax infection control measures played a role in six unrelated outbreaks of keratoconjunctivitis linked ...

The V.I. Health Department has issued a medical alert for a possible outbreak of a highly contagious eye infection. The infection, epidemic keratoconjunctivitis, which is a severe and painful form of ...

The records of 110 patients diagnosed as AAK in two tertiary eye care centers were evaluated retrospectively. The treatment regimen, follow-up duration, time until improvement of the symptoms, visual ...