Ophthalmia neonatorum is generally defined as conjunctivitis occurring within one month of life. The sources of this infection are environmental organisms or the organisms colonized in the birth canal. Untreated infection can cause blindness, especially if the corresponding organisms areNeisseria gonorrhoeae, or Chlamydia trachomatis. Povidone-iodine ophthalmic solution is an effective antib...

BACKGROUND Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are widespread in Pakistan and have not been fully documented particularly in Sindh Province. The aim of this study is to determine the number and clinical pattern of various types of STIs in general population of Larkana division and its surrounding cities. METHODS A hospital based prospective study was carried out at Male-STD-Clinic in the D...

BACKGROUND Neonatal conjunctivitis (ophthalmia neonatorum) continues to cause blindness because the agents used prophylactically to prevent this condition are not completely effective and are not widely available in many parts of the world. Povidone-iodine ophthalmic solution is an effective antibacterial agent with broad antibacterial and antiviral activity to which no bacteria are known to be...

Intracranial section of the glossopharyngeal and upper roots of the vagus nerves has been recommended, the cardiac dysrhythmia being controlled with atropine, isoprenaline, or transvenous pacemaker. Carbamazepine is known to relieve the pain of uncomplicated glossopharyngeal neuralgia.2 In our first patient the combination of carbamazepine and demand pacemaker abolished both pain and syncope wi...

This section looks back to some ground-breaking contributions to public health, reproducing them in their original form and adding a commentary on their significance from a modern-day perspective. To complement the theme of this month’s Bulletin, Ulrich C. Schaller and Volker Klauss review the 1881 paper by Carl S.F. Credé on the use of silver nitrate for the treatment of neonatal inflammatory ...

117 infants with gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum, including 27 with infections due to penicillinase-producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae, were treated as outpatients with five different regimens of single-dose intramuscular kanamycin (75 mg or 150 mg) with saline eye washes, gentamicin eye ointment, or chloramphenicol eye drops. There were no treatment failures among 68 patients treated with 75 mg ...

eases so prevalent amongst the poor, notably the infectious disease of Egyptian Ophthalmia (Trachoma) and Smallpox. Considerable anxiety was expressed in the early years of the hospital about the incidence of Smallpox and the failure of the poor in the City to have adequate vaccination in spite of its proven efficacy. In the first half of the nineteenth century smallpox was a major cause of bli...