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Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2021 Background: The Canadian Paediatric Society no longer recommends the use of universal ocular prophylaxis with erythromycin ointment to prevent ophthalmia neonatorum.
Victoria Ivensky +5 more
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International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics, 2021 Background: The objective was to evaluate the proportion of ophthalmia neonatorum among 425 hospital born newborns who had received antibiotic eye prophylaxis within one hour of birth at a tertiary care centre in Central Kerala and to detect their ...
Najeeba Chamban Mammooty +3 more
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Case Reports in Pediatrics, Volume 2018, Issue 1, 2018., 2018 Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an environmental bacterium of growing concern due to its multidrug resistance and pathogenic potential. It is considered an opportunistic pathogen of nosocomial origin most of the time, targeting a specific patients′ population.
Judy Ibrahim +6 more
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Causes of severe visual impairment and blindness in students in schools for the blind in Northwest Ethiopia. [PDF]
, 2017 OBJECTIVES: To determine the causes of severe visual impairment and blindness (SVI/BL) among students in schools for the blind in Northwest Ethiopia and to identify preventable and treatable causes.
Asferaw, Mulusew +2 more
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BioMed Research International, Volume 2016, Issue 1, 2016., 2016 Screening and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in pregnancy represents an overlooked opportunity to improve the health outcomes of women and infants worldwide. Although Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common treatable bacterial STI, few countries have routine pregnancy screening and treatment programs.
Kristina Adachi +3 more
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Epidemiology Research International, Volume 2016, Issue 1, 2016., 2016 Objective. This study sought to add to the body of information on the prevalence and pattern of vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) among school aged children in Cross River State, Nigeria. Method. A cross‐sectional survey of children in public primary schools in Cross River State, Nigeria, was studied for VKC.
Roseline E. Duke +3 more
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"Planning eye health services in Varamin district, Iran: a cross-sectional study". [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: A recent survey of avoidable blindness in Varamin District, Iran, identified moderately high levels of visual impairment (10%) and blindness (1.5%) in people >50 years.
Ahmadieh, Hamid +5 more
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Fatty acid microemulsion for the treatment of neonatal conjunctivitis : quantification, characterisation and evaluation of antimicrobial activity [PDF]
, 2016 Fatty acids (FAs) are used by many organisms as defence mechanism against virulent bacteria. The high safety profile and broad spectrum of activity make them potential alternatives to currently used topical antibiotics for the treatment of eye infections
Alany, Raid G. +4 more
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Journal of Nanomaterials, Volume 2015, Issue 1, 2015., 2015 The invited review covers different research areas of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), including the synthesis strategies of AgNPs, antimicrobial and anti‐inflammatory properties of AgNPs, osteoconductive and osteoinductive activities of AgNP‐based materials, and potential toxicity of AgNPs.
Maxwell Murphy +5 more
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, 2011 PURPOSE: To examine the profile of retinoblastoma in a national tertiary referral center in Tanzania and to report first-year outcomes of its treatment using chemotherapy. METHODS: All patients with retinoblastoma referred in 2008 were included.
Bowman, Richard J +4 more
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