| [tropical conjunctivitis: infectious etiology and validation of its clinical features]. | 173 nontrachomatous conjunctivitis studied at the i.o.t.a. in bamako, mali, have shown a majority of bacterial aetiology, especially gram-negative. 1 out of 10 conjunctivitis was due to virus, mostly to adenovirus. 4% of the cases were due to chlamydia trachomatis. the try of validation of the clinical characters in comparison with the etiology has shown that chemosis was an indicator of a bacterial conjunctivitis (or = 2.4) and that the lack of purulent discharge was in connexion with the prese ... | 1991 | 1669652 |