The Treatment Models for Adenoviral Keratoconjunctivitis in the Childhood Population

Purpose: To examine the effects of treatments performed on children with adenoviral conjunctivitis.Methods: 50 children with Adenoviral keratoconjunctivitis (AK) were evaluated. Patients were divided into four groups according to the medical treatment agents that were used previously. AK symptoms were clinically scored and analyzed. The diagnosis of all children was confirmed by an in-office lateral flow immunoassay.Results: Fifty patients with AK were included in the study. 24 (48%) were female and 26 (52%) were male. The mean age was 12.88 ± 2.66 (8-17). In PVP-I groups clinical findings shows faster improvement than other groups (p < .05).Conclusions: Conjunctival irrigation with 2.5% PVP-I is very effective for the treatment of adenoviral conjunctivitis in childhood. Ganciclovir ophthalmic gel 0.15% increases the effect of 2.5% PVP-I on AK, but this was not statistically significant.