Objective:

To analyze and describe modifiable, non-modifiable and sociodemographic factors associated with bacterial conjunctivitis in newborns.

Material and methods:

The present work is a review of the topic, which implies the following order for its execution: search, organization, systematization and analysis of a set of articles related to neonatal conjunctivitis, over a period between 2010 and 2020. The units of analysis were all those articles related to the topic. The following descriptors were included as search criteria bacterial conjunctivitis and newborns. These descriptors were combined in various ways at the time of exploration in order to broaden the search criteria in the following databases: PubMed, Embasem and Lilacs. Once the information was organized, the articles were grouped according to their relationship with the descriptors of neonatal conjunctivitis. Subsequently, the analysis of each of the discussions, common and divergent aspects between the selected articles, was carried out through a constant comparison exercise.

Results:

In the univariate analysis, the neonatal history of low weight or prematurity, large size, infection of the maternal genital tract, type of delivery, admission to the neonatal intensive care unit, age and maternal parity and origin were associated with bacterial conjunctivitis in the newborn.

Conclusion:

Newborns with some modifiable, unmodifiable, and sociodemographic factors are at increased risk for bacterial conjunctivitis.

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