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Suggest Treatment For Eye Infection

i have a 13 day old baby. when he was 3 days old he took an infection in his eyes. iv been treating it with chloramphenicol eye drops for 7 days now. the discharge hasnt cleared up but is a lot less than was. is ther anything else i could try to get it cleared up completely.
Tue, 12 Aug 2014
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you have already started chloromycitin. it appears the organism is resistant to the drug. that means you have to change the antibiotic like ofloxacin.3% twice and neosporine eye ointment at night. maintain hygiene and clean the discharge with sterile swab.
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Suggest Treatment For Eye Infection

you have already started chloromycitin. it appears the organism is resistant to the drug. that means you have to change the antibiotic like ofloxacin.3% twice and neosporine eye ointment at night. maintain hygiene and clean the discharge with sterile swab.