Randomised controlled trial of single-dose azithromycin in treatment of trachoma

The Lancet

Volumn 342, Issue 8869, 1993, Pages 453-456

  Bailey, R L ^a   Arullendran, P ^a   Mabey, D C W ^a   Whittle, H C ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMBIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRACHOMA;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIOLOGY; CHLAMYDIA; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; DRUGS--THERAPEUTIC USE; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMBIA; INFECTIONS; OPHTHALMOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STUDIES; TREATMENT; WESTERN AFRICA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; AZITHROMYCIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OINTMENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RECURRENCE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TETRACYCLINE; TRACHOMA;

EID: 0027172293     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(93)91591-9     Document Type: Article

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