OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM IN THE 1980S - INCIDENCE, ETIOLOGY AND TREATMENT
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM IN THE 1980S - INCIDENCE, ETIOLOGY AND TREATMENT
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DOI:
10.1136/bjo.66.11.728
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
SEAL, DV
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作者:
PIERCE, JM;WARD, ME;SEAL, DV
In a survey of 450 consecutive births in Southampton, [UK], a 12% incidence was found of ophthalmia neonatorum. Bacterial pathogens were isolated from only 1/3 of the cases, while nonpathogens were isolated from as many cases as controls. There was an incidence of chlamydial infection of 3.7/1000 live births, while Neisseria gonorrhoeae could not be found. Chloramphenicol is recommended for topical antibacterial treatment, but chlamydial infection will not respond: it must be considered in resistant cases, when both the neonate and the parents will need treatment with erythromycin or tetracycline.