Table 1: Baby's morbidity profile at 6 weeks of age Type of morbidity Frequency Percent Acute otitis media 2 3.08 Diarrhea 3 4.62 Malaria 3 4.62
Ophthalmia neonatorum 3 4.62 Oral candidiasis 1 1.53 Respiratory tract infection 27 41.53 No morbidity 26 40.00 Total 65 100.00 n=65; Cumulative frequency of sick infants at 6 weeks of age was 39 60.0%).
A nationwide survey of prophylaxis against
ophthalmia neonatorum in Turkey.
Report of societies:
Ophthalmia neonatorum. BMJ 1943;2: 722-3.
Table X shows that out of 1000 neonates, ophthalmia neonatorum (23.3%) was the most common and breast abscess (0.1%) was the least common infectious skin disorders.
Ophthalmia neonatorum was more frequently seen on first 4 days of life.
Evidence of the continued presence of
ophthalmia neonatorum among newborns was still being reported in the 1930s and 40s.
Pseudo-gonococcal
ophthalmia neonatorum. Indian Pediatr.
Chlamydial
ophthalmia neonatorum may respond to careful topical treatment with erythromycin or tetracycline or sulfonamide preparations used four times daily for 2 weeks.
DISCUSSION:
Ophthalmia neonatorum is the most common ocular disease in the newborn, occurring in 2-12% (3,4,5) of neonates.
Diagnostic evaluation should be carried out for any case of
ophthalmia neonatorum that appears to be more severe than the usual chemical conjunctivitis (after silver nitrate therapy) or that persists longer than 2 to 3 days.
Infection during pregnancy may cause spontaneous abortion, stillbirth, prematurity, low birth weight, congenital syphilis, and
ophthalmia neonatorum (12).
Complete ocular examination of the infant was done to rule out other ophthalmic abnormalities, infants with other ocular diseases or anomalies like congenital glaucoma, birth trauma,
Ophthalmia Neonatorum were not included in the study.