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.
Amoxicillin. Amoxicillin is a generic name for the most common antibiotic used to treat ear infections. This is a synthetic form of penicillin. Physicians like it because it causes less diarrhea than some other antibiotics. It's absorbed well, and it's only taken three times a day. It's also inexpensive.