Ophthalmia Neonatorum
"Ophthalmia Neonatorum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
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D009878
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MeSH Number(s) |
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
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Ophthalmia Neonatorum".
- Diseases [C]
- Bacterial Infections and Mycoses [C01]
- Bacterial Infections [C01.252]
- Eye Infections, Bacterial [C01.252.354]
- Conjunctivitis, Bacterial [C01.252.354.225]
- Ophthalmia Neonatorum [C01.252.354.225.625]
- Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections [C01.252.400]
- Neisseriaceae Infections [C01.252.400.625]
- Gonorrhea [C01.252.400.625.391]
- Ophthalmia Neonatorum [C01.252.400.625.391.658]
- Infection [C01.539]
- Eye Infections [C01.539.375]
- Eye Infections, Bacterial [C01.539.375.354]
- Conjunctivitis, Bacterial [C01.539.375.354.220]
- Ophthalmia Neonatorum [C01.539.375.354.220.625]
- Eye Diseases [C11]
- Conjunctival Diseases [C11.187]
- Conjunctivitis [C11.187.183]
- Conjunctivitis, Bacterial [C11.187.183.220]
- Ophthalmia Neonatorum [C11.187.183.220.538]
- Eye Infections [C11.294]
- Eye Infections, Bacterial [C11.294.354]
- Conjunctivitis, Bacterial [C11.294.354.220]
- Ophthalmia Neonatorum [C11.294.354.220.625]
- Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities [C16]
- Infant, Newborn, Diseases [C16.614]
- Ophthalmia Neonatorum [C16.614.677]
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