Lacrimal-duct-probing-induced bacteremia: Should children with congenital heart defects receive antibiotic prophylaxis?

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 38-40

  Eippert, Gregory A ^a   Burnstine, Robert A ^b,d   Bates, James H ^a,c  

^a SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LACRIMAL DUCT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTEREMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LACRIMAL DUCT OBSTRUCTION; MALE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031889793     PISSN: 01913913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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