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Bacterial conjunctivitis

CLINICAL QUESTION: What is the best treatment for bacterial conjunctivitis? RESULTS: Topical antibiotics expedite recovery from bacterial conjunctivitis. The choice of antibiotic usually does not affect outcome. IMPLEMENTATION: Recognition of key distinguishing features of bacterial conjunctivitis P...

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Autores principales: Hutnik, Cindy, Mohammad-Shahi, Mohammad H
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3000772/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21188158
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S10162
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description CLINICAL QUESTION: What is the best treatment for bacterial conjunctivitis? RESULTS: Topical antibiotics expedite recovery from bacterial conjunctivitis. The choice of antibiotic usually does not affect outcome. IMPLEMENTATION: Recognition of key distinguishing features of bacterial conjunctivitis Pitfalls that can be recognized in the history and physical examination. Choice of antibiotic. When to refer for specialist treatment.
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spelling pubmed-30007722010-12-23 Bacterial conjunctivitis Hutnik, Cindy Mohammad-Shahi, Mohammad H Clin Ophthalmol Evidence to Practice CLINICAL QUESTION: What is the best treatment for bacterial conjunctivitis? RESULTS: Topical antibiotics expedite recovery from bacterial conjunctivitis. The choice of antibiotic usually does not affect outcome. IMPLEMENTATION: Recognition of key distinguishing features of bacterial conjunctivitis Pitfalls that can be recognized in the history and physical examination. Choice of antibiotic. When to refer for specialist treatment. Dove Medical Press 2010 2010-12-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3000772/ /pubmed/21188158 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S10162 Text en © 2010 Hutnik and Mohammad-Shahi, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Bacterial conjunctivitis
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topic Evidence to Practice
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3000772/
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