Secondary household transmission of conjunctivitis in children.

ABSTRACT: Among surveyed households, the transmission rate of pediatric conjunctivitis was 12%. Rates did not differ when the index child did or did not use an ophthalmic antibiotic (14% vs 11% [P = 0.6]). Transmission rates were lower than for other infections where children are not routinely excluded from school or daycare.

SUBMITTER: Kiernan ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11327964 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature