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Gonococcal eye prophylaxis—are mandates still justified?
Key points Neonatal ocular prophylaxis for prevention of gonococcal ophthalmia was first introduced by Credé in 1881. Gonococcal ophthalmia became and still is very uncommon due to the introduction in the 1950s of prenatal screening for Neisseria gonorrhoeae and treatment…