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OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM
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DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Oftalmía Neonatal
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Oftalmia Neonatal
Tree Number:
C01.252.354.225.625
C01.252.400.625.391.658
C01.539.375.354.220.625
C11.187.183.220.538
C11.294.354.220.625
C16.614.677
Definition
English
:
Acute conjunctival
inflammation
in the newborn, usually caused by maternal gonococcal
infection
. The causative agent is
NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE
. The baby's eyes are contaminated during passage through the birth canal.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
bact
conjunctivitis
; do not use /congen & do not coord with
INFANT
, NEWBORN,
DISEASES
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
DI
diagnosis
DG
diagnostic imaging
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
TM
transmission
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
27724
Unique Identifier:
D009878
Occurrence in VHL
:
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