Clinical and bacterial characteristics of acute bacterial conjunctivitis in children in the antibiotic resistance era

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 823-828

  Buznach, Nava ^a   Dagan, Ron ^a   Greenberg, David ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Bacterial conjunctivitis; Pediatric infections

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG CHOICE; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; OTITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 24944432186     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000178066.24569.98     Document Type: Article

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