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infantile purulent conjunctivitis (medicine)


infantile purulent conjunctivitis -->
ophthalmia neonatorum
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.