Diagnosis and management of pediatric conjunctivitis

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-55

  Teoh, Doreen L ^a,c   Reynolds, Sally ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjunctivitis; Conjunctivitis otitis syndrome; Ophthalmia neonatorum; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTAZOLINE; AZELASTINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; EMEDASTINE; FAMCICLOVIR; FOSCARNET; IDOXURIDINE; KETOROLAC; KETOROLAC TROMETAMOL; KETOTIFEN; KETOTIFEN FUMARATE; LEVOCABASTINE; LODOXAMIDE; LODOXAMIDE TROMETAMOL; NAPHAZOLINE; NEDOCROMIL; NEDOCROMIL SODIUM; OLOPATADINE; PEMIROLAST; SILVER NITRATE; TRIFLURIDINE; VALACICLOVIR; VASOCON A; VIDARABINE;

ADENOVIRUS; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DNA PROBE; ELECTROIMMUNOASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HAEMOPHILUS; HEMORRHAGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; HERPES VIRUS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEWBORN OPHTHALMIA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; OTITIS MEDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRAL CONJUNCTIVITIS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; CONJUNCTIVITIS, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM;

EID: 0037327998     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-200302000-00014     Document Type: Review

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