• The Journal of pediatrics · Feb 2010

    Multicenter Study

    Periocular ulcerative dermatitis associated with gentamicin ointment prophylaxis in newborns.

    • Gil Binenbaum, Christie J Bruno, Brian J Forbes, MaryAnn Snyder, Thomas J Mollen, Barbara Schmidt, and Iyalla Peterside.
    • Division of Ophthalmology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania, 9-MAIN, 34th St and Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. binenbaum@email.chop.edu
    • J. Pediatr. 2010 Feb 1; 156 (2): 320-1.

    AbstractA recent shortage of erythromycin ointment has resulted in the use of alternative agents for newborn ocular infection prophylaxis in the United States. We report a series of 26 newborns in whom a characteristic periocular ulcerative dermatitis developed after gentamicin ointment administration at 2 Philadelphia hospitals.Copyright 2010 Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.

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