Identifying children at low risk for bacterial conjunctivitis

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 263-267

  Meltzer, James A ^a   Kunkov, Sergey ^a   Crain, Ellen F ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTACT LENS; EYE DISCHARGE; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONJUNCTIVA; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 77950362760     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.289     Document Type: Article

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