Diagnosis of neonatal chlamydial conjunctivitis.

An in vitro study of fusidic acid susceptibility amongst isolates from conjunctival swabs

“…A caused by bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae (Baker et al 1989). However, a wide range of other bacterial pathogens may be found, as well as Chlamydia trachomatis (Pierce et al 1982;Prentice et al 1977;Phillips et al 1990) and viruses. In the United Kingdom the most popular treatment of suspected bacterial conjunctivitis is probably topical chloramphenicol, although a variety of topical preparations is available including gentamicin and fusidic acid.…”