Ophthalmia neonatorum in the 1980s: incidence, aetiology and treatment.
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Ophthalmia neonatorum in the 1980s: incidence, aetiology and treatment.
In a survey of 450 consecutive births in Southampton a 12% incidence has been found of ophthalmia neonatorum. Bacterial pathogens were isolated from only one-third of the cases, while nonpathogens were isolated from as many cases as controls. There was an incidence of chlamydial infection of 3.7 per 1000 live births, while Neisseria gonorrhoeae could not be found. Chloramphenicol is recommended...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.66.11.728