Conjunctivitis

American Family Physician

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 735-746

  Morrow, Gary L ^a   Abbott, Richard L ^b  

^a Toronto E Gen and Orthoped Hosp   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BACITRACIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FAMCICLOVIR; GENTAMICIN; MINOCYCLINE; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; POLYMYXIN B; POLYSPORIN; POLYTRIM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIFLURIDINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALACICLOVIR;

ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLEPHARITIS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHMS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 0032520110     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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