10/4/12    Pediatric Ocular Infections

Objectives:    To understand the common congenital pediatric ocular infections (TORCHES)

                    To understand the common causes of pediatric conjunctivitis

                    To differentiate orbital and adnexal pediatric infections and the need for prompt treatment

Reading assignment:  BCSC Section 6 / Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus:  Chapter 16  Infectious and Allergic Ocular Diseases