Acute conjunctivitis in primary care: Antibiotics and placebo associated with small increase in the proportion cured by 7 days compared with no treatment

Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 177-178

  Steeples, Laura ^a   Mercieca, Karl ^b  

^a STEPPING HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CONJUNCTIVITIS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NOTE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VIRAL CONJUNCTIVITIS;

EID: 84870859446     PISSN: 13565524     EISSN: 14736810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ebmed-2012-100562     Document Type: Note

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