PEDIATRICS - Physician Assistant Study Guides

- If infant, think chlamydia or gonorrhea - Recommended standard prophylaxis given immediately after birth includes erythromycin ointment, topical tetracycline, silver nitrate, or povidone-iodine - IM ceftriaxone needed once infection has occurred - 50% of peds conjunctivitis is bacterial, so tx w/ abx even if suspect viral ................
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