Infant of 9 months has conjunctivitis. thick green paste at eye. can i use eye drop xepanicol for her? she got c from me.

Xepanicol : Xepanicol (chloramphenicol) ophthalmic. "bone marrow hypoplasia, including aplastic anemia and death has been reported following local application of chloramphenicol. It should not be used when less potentially dangerous agents would be expected to provide effective treatment". ( fda website). You have to get an eye discharge culture and get an appropriate treatment at you doctor's office.

Possibly Serious: When there is as much discharge as described, it can be a very serious eye infection. I suggest an emergent evaluation by a pediatric ophthalmologist, or go to your local er that has pediatric coverage. Regarding cholamphenicol, it is commonly used all over the world, in the us it is considered inappropriate because of an extremely rare complication of it's use. Hope this helps.