Prevalence of gonococcal conjunctivitis in adults and neonates

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 875-880

  McAnena, L ^a   Knowles, S J ^b   Curry, A ^b   Cassidy, L ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GONOCOCCAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNITY WARD; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; DRUG EFFECTS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; GONORRHEA; HOSPITAL; IRELAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM; OPHTHALMOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953864528     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2015.57     Document Type: Article

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