4IO Acute Contagious Conjunctivitis 



Miscellaneous Organisms in Conjunctivitis 



In addition to the foregoing organisms, others not infrequently 

 make their appearance as excitants of conjunctivitis. The most 

 frequent of these being the pneumococcus, the most dangerous, the 

 gonococcus. The former produce a severe conjunctivitis, with 

 the formation of a false membrane, the latter the well-known 

 blenorrhea and ophthalmia neonatorum. Streptococci, diphtheria 

 bacilli, staphylococci, meningococci, colon bacilli. Bacillus pneumonim 

 (Friedlander), and other organisms have been found and appear 

 to be responsible for conjunctivitis 



