Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1982;23(3):509-514.
Published online March 1, 1982.
A Study of 44 Cases of Ophthal mia Neonatorum.
Byung Nam Kang, Sook Kyung Choi, Seung Ho Hong
Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul Red Cross Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
신생아 농루안 44예의 임상적 고찰
홍승호(Seung Ho Hong),최숙경(Sook Kyung Choi),강병남(Byung Nam Kang)
Abstract
The authors analysed clinically 44 cases of ophthalmia neonatorum from april, 1981 to march 1982. The followings are it's results; 1) Bilaterality of ophthalmia neonatorum was 52. 3%(23 cases) and unilaterality was 47.7%(21 cases), which was no significant difference in incidence between both eyes. 2) The most common causative organism was gonococcus and nasolacrimal duct obstruction was associated with 11 cases(25%) of ophthalmia neonatorum. 3) The onset of discharge varied between under 24 hours and over 21 days after birth with a mean of 5.7 days. 4) Treatment with adequate topical and systemic antibiotics were successful in eliminating the ophthalmia neonatorum.


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