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. 1988 Jul;72(7):518-20.
doi: 10.1136/bjo.72.7.518.

Single-dose cefotaxime intramuscularly cures gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum

P Lepage  1 , J Bogaerts, P Kestelyn, A Meheus
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Single-dose cefotaxime intramuscularly cures gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum

P Lepage et al. Br J Ophthalmol. 1988 Jul.

Abstract

Nine neonates with culture proved gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum were treated with a single intramuscular injection of 100 mg/kg of cefotaxime without topical antibiotic therapy. Five of the nine strains were penicillinase-producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae. All nine cases were clinically and microbiologically cured, and no side effects were observed.

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