A double application approach to ophthalmia neonatorum prophylaxis

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1449-1452

  Isenberg, S J ^a,c   Apt, L ^a   Del Signore, M ^a   Gichuhi, S ^b   Berman, N G ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Presbyt Church of E Africa Hosp   (Kenya)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POVIDONE IODINE;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN OPHTHALMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EDEMA; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; POVIDONE-IODINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0347517741     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.12.1449     Document Type: Article

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