Infections of the eye other than conjunctivitis can be diagnosed by meeting one of two criteria.
Criteria 1 - one or more of the following:
(1) organism isolated from culture of anterior chamber
(2) organism isolated from culture of posterior chamber
(3) organism isolated from culture of vitreous fluid
Criteria 2 - all 3 of the following:
(1) at least two of the following
(1a) eye pain
(1b) visual disturbance
(1c) hypopyon
(2) no other recognized cause
(3) at least one of the following:
(3a) physician's diagnosis
(3b) positive antigen test on blood
(3c) organism isolated from blood culture
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Specialty: Infectious Diseases, Ophthalmology
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