Clinical and public health management of conjunctivitis in the Israel Defense Forces

Acute conjunctivitis is a common diagnosis in the general population, and is especially prevalent among military personnel. Conjunctivitis patients are often contagious, and outbreaks of this infectious condition can cause significant morbidity and may jeopardize military readiness. Early recognitio...

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Autores principales: Efros, Orly, Zahavi, Alon, Levine, Hagai, Hartal, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5330116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28265427
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40696-015-0002-3
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description Acute conjunctivitis is a common diagnosis in the general population, and is especially prevalent among military personnel. Conjunctivitis patients are often contagious, and outbreaks of this infectious condition can cause significant morbidity and may jeopardize military readiness. Early recognition and effective management can prevent additional cases in military units. In this article we review the clinical guidelines and public health policy of the Israel Defense Forces for the management of this important medical condition.
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spelling pubmed-53301162017-03-06 Clinical and public health management of conjunctivitis in the Israel Defense Forces Efros, Orly Zahavi, Alon Levine, Hagai Hartal, Michael Disaster Mil Med Review Acute conjunctivitis is a common diagnosis in the general population, and is especially prevalent among military personnel. Conjunctivitis patients are often contagious, and outbreaks of this infectious condition can cause significant morbidity and may jeopardize military readiness. Early recognition and effective management can prevent additional cases in military units. In this article we review the clinical guidelines and public health policy of the Israel Defense Forces for the management of this important medical condition. BioMed Central 2015-05-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5330116/ /pubmed/28265427 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40696-015-0002-3 Text en © Efros et al.; licensee BioMed Central. 2015 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Clinical and public health management of conjunctivitis in the Israel Defense Forces
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