âChances are the white-eye reflex is not a sign of retinoblastoma,â she said. âItâs the one everyone hears about because itâs the worst. But it isnât nearly the most common cause for the reflex.â. Up there with the most common causes of leukocoria, she added, are bad photography angles.
Also, the infection has been treated with numerous antibiotics (amoxicillin, flagyl, omnicef, augmentin, clindamycin), and all seem to help at first, but only clindamycin has lasting effects. Not even augmentin worked.
The antibiotics amoxicillin and penicillin are close relatives. Amoxicillin is a derivative of penicillin, and it was first isolated in 1972, while penicillin was discovered in the 1920s and first saw significant use toward the end of World War II.