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Ophthalmia neonatorum

Introduction: Ophthalmia neonatorum

Description of Ophthalmia neonatorum

Ophthalmia neonatorum (medical condition): Eye discharge in newborns...more »

See also:

Neonatal ophthalmitis:
  »Introduction: Neonatal ophthalmitis
  »Symptoms of Neonatal ophthalmitis
  »Causes of Neonatal ophthalmitis
  »Treatments for Neonatal ophthalmitis

Ophthalmia neonatorum: a conjunctival inflammation occurring within the first 10 days of life; causative agents include Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Chlamydia trachomatis. SYN: blennorrhea neonatorum, infantile purulent conjunctivitis, neonatal conjunctivitis.
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Ophthalmia neonatorum: ophthalmia in newborns; contracted while passing through the birth canal; usually prevented with silver nitrate drops.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Ophthalmia neonatorum: Acute conjunctival inflammation in the newborn, usually caused by maternal gonococcal infection. The causative agent is NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE. The baby's eyes are contaminated during passage through the birth canal.
Source: Diseases Database

Ophthalmia neonatorum: Acute conjunctival inflammation in the newborn, usually caused by maternal gonococcal infection. The causative agent is NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE. The baby's eyes are contaminated during passage through the birth canal.
Source: MeSH 2007

Ophthalmia neonatorum: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Ophthalmia neonatorum:

• Ophthalmia
• Conjunctival
• Conjunctival symptoms (222 causes)
• Conjunctival pain (11 causes)
• Inflammation
• Life
• Neisseria
• Staphylococcus

Ophthalmia neonatorum as a Disease

Ophthalmia neonatorum: Another name for Neonatal ophthalmitis (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Neonatal ophthalmitis
  »Symptoms of Neonatal ophthalmitis
  »Causes of Neonatal ophthalmitis
  »Treatments for Neonatal ophthalmitis

Ophthalmia neonatorum: Related Diseases

Ophthalmia neonatorum: Ophthalmia neonatorum is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Eye conditions
• Ophthalmitis
• Eye and vision conditions
• Head conditions
• Inflammatory conditions that may be pathogenic or non-pathogenic
• Infant health conditions

Causes of Ophthalmia neonatorum

Some of the causes of Ophthalmia neonatorum are included in the list below:

• Chlamydia - a common case
• Gonorrhea
• Certain bacterial infections
• Chemical eye injury
• Chemical eye injury due to antiseptics

Read more about causes of Ophthalmia neonatorum (Neonatal ophthalmitis)

Symptoms of Ophthalmia neonatorum (Neonatal ophthalmitis)

Some of the symptoms of Ophthalmia neonatorum incude:

• Eye discharge in newborns

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Treatments for Ophthalmia neonatorum (Neonatal ophthalmitis)

Treatments for Ophthalmia neonatorum (Neonatal ophthalmitis) include:

• Antibiotics

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Treatment of Ophthalmia neonatorum: For more treatment information about Ophthalmia neonatorum, see treatment of Neonatal ophthalmitis (Ophthalmia neonatorum)

Ophthalmia neonatorum: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Ophthalmia neonatorum:

• gonorrhea
• antibiotics
• penicillin

Terms associated with Ophthalmia neonatorum:

Broader terms for Ophthalmia neonatorum

• Conjunctivitis, Bacterial
• Gonorrhea
• Infant, Newborn, Diseases

Source - MeSH 2007

• ophthalmia
• ophthalmitis

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Ophthalmia neonatorum

The following list attempts to classify Ophthalmia neonatorum into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• ophthalmia,ophthalmitis
• conjunctivitis,pinkeye
• inflammation,redness,rubor
• symptom
• evidence,grounds
• information
• cognition,knowledge,noesis
• psychological feature

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
  • Bacterial Infections
    • Eye Infections, Bacterial
      • Conjunctivitis, Bacterial
        • Ophthalmia Neonatorum

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
  • Bacterial Infections
    • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
      • Neisseriaceae Infections
        • Gonorrhea
          • Ophthalmia Neonatorum

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
  • Infection
    • Eye Infections
      • Eye Infections, Bacterial
        • Conjunctivitis, Bacterial
          • Ophthalmia Neonatorum

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Eye Diseases
  • Conjunctival Diseases
    • Conjunctivitis
      • Conjunctivitis, Bacterial
        • Ophthalmia Neonatorum

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Eye Diseases
  • Eye Infections
    • Eye Infections, Bacterial
      • Conjunctivitis, Bacterial
        • Ophthalmia Neonatorum

External links related to: Ophthalmia neonatorum

• eMedicine - Conjunctivitis, Neonatal : Article by Feng Zhao, MD, PhD
• Interventions for treating genital chlamydia trachomatis infection in pregnancy (Cochrane Review)

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