Shifting distribution of Chicago-area Acanthamoeba keratitis cases.
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were estimated to cost $1.94 and $72.12 per infant, respectively. There were 4 247 000 births in the United States in 2008. Assuming an average of 354 000 births per month, the average monthly cost of universal prophylaxis for ophthalmia neonatorum would be $2.8 million for povidoneiodine (assuming costs of $7.77 per infant), $0.7 million for erythromycin, and $25.5 million for topical azithromycin.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of ophthalmology
دوره 128 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010