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June 20, 1998BMJOpen Access

Topical chloramphenicol is an outmoded treatment

Mary Ellen Doona J.B. Walsh

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EDITOR—A recent issue of the BMJ contained two articles on chloramphenicol eye drops and their association with haematological toxicity. 1 2 Lancaster et al detected three patients with serious haematological toxicity who had used the eye drops (one of whom died).1 These cases, in addition to the …

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