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Topical fluoroquinolones provide excellent treatment in pediatric patients for moderate to severe eye infections and also ear infections, such as acute otitis externa. Fluoroquinolones offer activity against a broad spectrum of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. Fluoroquinolones have an excellent delivery vehicle and are easy to dispense in children. These agents do not sting or burn or cause systemic side effects. Through the sponsorship of Alcon, Infectious Diseases in Children assembled a panel of three ophthalmologists and three otolaryngologists to discuss the best and appropriate care for both ear and eye infections in the pediatric patient. I would like to thank the sponsor, Alcon Laboratories, Inc., and the panel members for their participation. Philip A. Brunell, MD |
 Philip A. Brunell, MD, Moderator, is the chief medical editor of Infectious Diseases in Children. |
 Gerald D. Capoot, MD, is clinical assistant professor of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Highlands Ranch, Colorado. |
 Richard Eiferman, MD, is clinical professor of ophthalmology at the University of Louisville, Kentucky. |
 David B. Granet, MD, is director, UCSD Abraham Ratner Children's Eye Center; surgeon chief, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Eye Alignment Disorders; and associate professor, UCSD Departments of Ophthalmology and Pediatrics, La Jolla, California. |
 David S. Haynes, MD, is the director of otolaryngology and neuro-otolaryngology, and medical director of the Vanderbilt Hearing and Balance Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. |
 David E. Karas, MD, is assistant professor of pediatrics and surgery, and the chief of pediatrics in otolaryngology at the Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut. |
 Harold Katz, MD, is associate chairman of ophthalmology and director, Division of Cornea/Refractive Surgery at the Krieger Eye Institute Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Maryland. |
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