Abstract |
Two hundred nineteen neonates with gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum, including 40 infected with penicillinase-producing strains, were treated as outpatients with a single intramuscular injection of 100 mg of kanamycin and hourly ocular irrigation with saline. Neisseria gonorrhoeae was isolated from three (1.4%) of the 212 babies attending for follow-up, and post-gonococcal conjunctivitis developed in 22 (10.4%) of those who returned for follow-up.
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Authors | A Latif, P Mason, E Marowa, E Paraiwa, F Dhamu, J Tambo, L Gwanzura, D Mapeta, G Jongeling |
Journal | Sexually transmitted diseases
(Sex Transm Dis)
1988 Apr-Jun
Vol. 15
Issue 2
Pg. 108-9
ISSN: 0148-5717 [Print] United States |
PMID | 3135607
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Saline Solution, Hypertonic
- Sodium Chloride
- Kanamycin
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Topics |
- Ambulatory Care
- Female
- Gonorrhea
(drug therapy, microbiology)
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Kanamycin
(administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
- Male
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae
(isolation & purification)
- Ophthalmia Neonatorum
(drug therapy, microbiology)
- Saline Solution, Hypertonic
(administration & dosage)
- Sodium Chloride
(administration & dosage)
- Therapeutic Irrigation
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