Conjunctivitis in the newborn- A comparative study

• Main Authors: Meenakshi Wadhwani (Author), Pamela D'souza (Author), Rajesh Jain (Author), Renu Dutta (Author), Arvind Saili (Author), Abha Singh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Conjunctivitis of the newborn is defined as hyperemia and eye discharge in the neonates and is a common infection occurring in the neonates in the first month of life. In the United States, the incidence of neonatal conjunctivitis ranges from 1-2%, in India, the prevalence is 0.5-33% and...