title: Systemic antibiotics for treatment of the conjunctivitis-otitis media syndrome.
abstract: In a private pediatric practice setting 114 episodes of conjunctivitis-otitis syndrome were treated with orally administered antibiotics. In 108 (95%) of these infections Haemophilus influenzae was isolated from the pretreatment cultures of the conjunctivae; 61 were susceptible and 47 (44%) were resistant to ampicillin by a disc diffusion technique. Six cultures grew Streptococcus pneumoniae, all ampicillin-susceptible. Symptoms of conjunctivitis disappeared in 2 to 3 days in all but one patient. Of the 48 follow-up conjunctival cultures 3 to 5 days after start of therapy, 46 grew no pathogens.
authors.affiliation: Fairview Hospital Physicians Center, Cleveland, OH 44111.
authors.forename: F F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Bodor
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002433:Cefaclor / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020682:Cefixime; D002439:Cefotaxime / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003234:Conjunctivitis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002433:Cefaclor; D000667:Ampicillin; D020682:Cefixime; D002439:Cefotaxime