http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/06/chloramphenicol-for-bacterial.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/06/chloramphenicol-for-bacterial.html#comment-53240 Ophtho Wed, 08 Jun 2005 19:43:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2005/06/18430.html#comment-53240 Yeah, this is a bad idea. Most of the red eyes are going to be viral or allergic conjunctivitis anyway, which obviously don't need antibiotics. Also, the last thing I want my patients doing is self-medicating their uveitis or angle-closure glaucoma for a few days before coming in. Yeah, this is a bad idea. Most of the red eyes are going to be viral or allergic conjunctivitis anyway, which obviously don’t need antibiotics. Also, the last thing I want my patients doing is self-medicating their uveitis or angle-closure glaucoma for a few days before coming in.

]]> http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/06/chloramphenicol-for-bacterial.html#comment-53235 Anonymous Wed, 08 Jun 2005 17:18:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2005/06/18430.html#comment-53235 I would have mistaken my first case of anterior uveitis for conjunctivitis. <br/>Delay in dx of a "red eye" could be serious for some. I would have mistaken my first case of anterior uveitis for conjunctivitis.
Delay in dx of a “red eye” could be serious for some.

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