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Most Children Receive Antibiotics for Pink Eye but They’re Usually Not Needed: Experts
Antibiotics are ineffective for most cases of pink eye, doctor says.
This microscope photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows gram-negative, Haemophilus influenzae bacteria, one of the more common causes of pink eye in children. William B. Cherry/CDC via AP
Many children with pink eye are prescribed antibiotics by doctors but the antibiotics are typically not necessary, according to experts.
About seven out of 10 health care visits involving children with acute infectious conjunctivitis, or pink eye, ended with doctors prescribing a topical antibiotic, researchers reported in a new study.
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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