Is Credé's prophylaxis for ophthalmia neonatorum still valid?

Clinical Significance of Credé's Prophylaxis in Germany at Present

The introduction of silver nitrate for prophylaxis of gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum is one of the milestones of preventive medicine. However, in our time an increasing necessity to review Credé's prophylaxis from both a human rights and a medical standpoint is required. The chairmen of the obstetrics and gynecology departments of the German university hospitals were questioned to learn about...

Prophylaxis of gonococcal and chlamydial ophthalmia neonatorum. A comparison of silver nitrate and tetracycline.

We evaluated the use of silver nitrate drops and tetracycline ointment for the prophylaxis of ophthalmia neonatorum in a controlled trial involving 2732 newborns in Nairobi, Kenya. The overall rates of prevalence of intrapartum maternal gonococcal and chlamydial infection were 6.4 and 8.9 percent, respectively. After prophylaxis with silver nitrate, the incidence rates of gonococcal, chlamydial...

New aspects in prophylaxis of ophthalmia neonatorum (Credé prophylaxis).

Current usefulness of Credé's method of preventing neonatal ophthalmia.

The conjunctiva's bacterial profile at birth and 1 week after Credé's gonoccocal ophthalmic prophylaxis was evaluated over a 3-month period using culture and direct immunofluorescence. Thirty-four neonates received 10% silver vitellinate and 42 sterile saline. Chlamydia trachomatis was recovered in 7/34 and 9/42 neonates receiving silver vitellinate and saline at birth and in 8/34 and 12/42 aft...

Ophthalmia Neonatorum

Ihis work won for its author the Middleinore Piize of the British Medical Association in 1907. It contains the most complete account there is in the English language of a preventible disease winch is still responsible for a large amount of the blindness in the world. The book abounds with instructive tables taken from all available souices illustrating the prevalence, etiology, pievention and t...