[Antibioprophylaxis and itinerant ambulatory surgery in the milieu of endemic trachoma].

Between 1987 to 1992, 3,309 eyes had been operated on during the seventeen missions realized in Morrocco, by the Morroccan Itinerant Ophthalmologist Association. To prevent postoperative infectious endophthalmitis, asepsis was rigorous and local antibiotics prophylaxis were administered preoperatively, during surgery and postoperatively. Ophthalmic solutions (gentamicin, norfloxacin, or ofloxacin) were used.

[Trachoma in Ouarzazate: clinical and biological study].

A conjunctival sample for the research of chlamydiae was made on 87 persons (44 patients and 43 control persons). Clinical examination shows that 27 patients (61.4%) were suffering from a Trachoma.

[Treatment of vernal conjunctivitis with aspirin].

The authors have made a study on 67 cases of vernal keratoconjunctivitis during 4 years (1984-1988). These cases were treated by aspirin by oral route, at the rate of 25 to 50 mg/kg. Aspirin and corticoïds make functional signs disappear and make clinical signs decrease.