Division EENT-EYE: Eye, other than conjunctivitis

An infection of the eye, other than conjunctivitis, must meet at least one of the following criteria:

• Patient has organisms cultured from anterior or posterior chamber or vitreous fluid

• Patient has at least 2 of the following signs or symptoms with no other recognized cause: eye pain, visual disturbance, or hypopyon

  AND at least 1 of the following:

  • physician diagnosis of an eye infection

  • positive antigen test on blood (for example, Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae)

  • organisms cultured from blood