OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM in Italy: it is time for change

• Main Authors: Cinzia Auriti (Author), Vito Mondì (Author), Salvatore Aversa (Author), Daniele Merazzi (Author), Simona Lozzi (Author), Sergio Petroni (Author), Antonio Baldascino (Author), Luca Massenzi (Author), Roberto Bellù (Author), Stefano Martinelli (Author), Fabio Mosca (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Ophthalmia neonatorum (ON) refers to any conjunctivitis occurring in the first 28 days of life. In the past Neisseria gonorrhoeae was the most common cause of ON. It decreased with the introduction of prophylaxis at birth with the instillation of silver nitrate 2% (the Credè's method ...