Therapy for bacterial conjunctivitis

Ophthalmology Clinics of North America

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-20

  Diamant, J I ^a   Hwang, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; GRAMICIDIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; NEOMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; POLYMYXIN B; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFACETAMIDE; TOBRAMYCIN; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LACRIMAL DUCT OCCLUSION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN OPHTHALMIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0033040725     PISSN: 08961549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-1549(05)70145-0     Document Type: Article

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