Are there other local antibiotics as effective as chloramphenicol eye ointment in treating presumed bacterial conjunctivitis

Date First Published:
January 9, 2018
Last Updated:
January 9, 2018
Report by:
Joseph Dapaah, MSc Emergency Medicine Student - 10/2017 (MMU)
Three-Part Question:
In[adult patients who present to the emergency department with presumed diagnosis of bacterial conjuntivitis][how effective is chloramphenicol eye ointment, ciprofloxacin eye drops or fusidic acid gel]at [reducing inflammation, pain,healing time, time of restoration of visual acuity]